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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... religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great vari- ety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are ...
... religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great vari- ety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are ...
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... religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion ...
... religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion ...
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... religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than mis- ery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man x Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of conditions ...
... religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than mis- ery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man x Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of conditions ...
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... religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the ...
... religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the ...
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... religion and virtue ; and , lastly , that it is most conducive m to our happiness . There is certainly no greater felicity , than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in ...
... religion and virtue ; and , lastly , that it is most conducive m to our happiness . There is certainly no greater felicity , than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in ...
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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