Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers. Improved by the Addition of a Concordant and Synonymising Vocabulary : the Words are ... Divided, Defined, and Pronounced According to the Principles of John WalkerS. Newton, 1824 - 287 páginas |
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... possession of a serene cc mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , dd remorse ' , ee and confusion ' . " " To advise the ignorant ...
... possession of a serene cc mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , dd remorse ' , ee and confusion ' . " " To advise the ignorant ...
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... possession is to be chiefly estimated by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose reign to his desires and passions , can tell how ...
... possession is to be chiefly estimated by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose reign to his desires and passions , can tell how ...
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... to a but placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent an- ger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; 28 Part I. THE ENGLISH READER ,
... to a but placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent an- ger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; 28 Part I. THE ENGLISH READER ,
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the first introduction to vice . x The irregular gratifica- tions , into which it ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the first introduction to vice . x The irregular gratifica- tions , into which it ...
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... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent d assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent d assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing breast Caius Verres cheerful dark death delight Democritus distress divine dread earth enjoyment errours eternal ev'ry evil fantastick father favour fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's never noble Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace person pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion render rest rich rise Roman scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily Sidon smiles sorrow soul sound spirit spring superiour sweet tears temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth