The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect Improve Their Language and Sentiments : and to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDescribes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native ,
unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is social , kind , and cheerful : far removed
from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the
temper ...
The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native ,
unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is social , kind , and cheerful : far removed
from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the
temper ...
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Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . 5 . Hear
counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6 . Faithful are
the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is
better ...
Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . 5 . Hear
counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6 . Faithful are
the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is
better ...
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A SUSPICIOUS , uncharitable spirit , is not only inconsistent with all social virtue
and happiness , but it is also , in itself unrea . sonable and unjust . In order to form
sound opinions concerning characters and actions , two things are especially ...
A SUSPICIOUS , uncharitable spirit , is not only inconsistent with all social virtue
and happiness , but it is also , in itself unrea . sonable and unjust . In order to form
sound opinions concerning characters and actions , two things are especially ...
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Methinks this single consideration , of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection ,
will be sufficient to extinguish all envy in inferiour natures , and all contempt in
superiour . That cherub , which now appears as a god to a human soul , knows
very ...
Methinks this single consideration , of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection ,
will be sufficient to extinguish all envy in inferiour natures , and all contempt in
superiour . That cherub , which now appears as a god to a human soul , knows
very ...
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That gentleness therefore which belongs to rirtue , is to be carefully distinguished
from the mean spirit of cowards , and the fawning assent of sycophants . It
renounces no just right from fear . It gives up no important truth from tiattery .
That gentleness therefore which belongs to rirtue , is to be carefully distinguished
from the mean spirit of cowards , and the fawning assent of sycophants . It
renounces no just right from fear . It gives up no important truth from tiattery .
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| Título | The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect Improve Their Language and Sentiments : and to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Compilado por | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | R. Pew, 1830 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 14 Mar 2008 |
| Largo | 204 páginas |
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