The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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Easily , and from the smallest chink , the bitter waters of strife are let forth ; but
their course cannot be foreseen ; and he seldom fails of suffering most from their
poisonous effect . who first allowed them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR . A
suspicious ...
Easily , and from the smallest chink , the bitter waters of strife are let forth ; but
their course cannot be foreseen ; and he seldom fails of suffering most from their
poisonous effect . who first allowed them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR . A
suspicious ...
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2 THOUGH no condition of human life is free from uneasiness , yet it must be
allowed , that the uneasiness belonging to a sin . ful course , is far greater than
wbat attends a course of well . doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we
may ...
2 THOUGH no condition of human life is free from uneasiness , yet it must be
allowed , that the uneasiness belonging to a sin . ful course , is far greater than
wbat attends a course of well . doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we
may ...
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Of course , such a man lives in a continual storm He knows not what it is to enjoy
a train of good humour . Servants , neighbours , friends , spouse , and children ,
all , through the unrestrained violence of his temper , become souroes of ...
Of course , such a man lives in a continual storm He knows not what it is to enjoy
a train of good humour . Servants , neighbours , friends , spouse , and children ,
all , through the unrestrained violence of his temper , become souroes of ...
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As in the succession of the seasons , each , by the invariable laws of nature ,
affects the productions of what is next in course ; so , in human life , every period
of our age , according as it is well or ill spent , influences the happiness of that
which ...
As in the succession of the seasons , each , by the invariable laws of nature ,
affects the productions of what is next in course ; so , in human life , every period
of our age , according as it is well or ill spent , influences the happiness of that
which ...
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It is much if , during its course , thou hearest not of somewhat to disquiet or alarm
thee . For life never proceeds long in a uniform train . It is continually va . ried by
unexpected events . The seeds of alteration are every where sown ; and the ...
It is much if , during its course , thou hearest not of somewhat to disquiet or alarm
thee . For life never proceeds long in a uniform train . It is continually va . ried by
unexpected events . The seeds of alteration are every where sown ; and the ...
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| Título | The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | John J. Williams, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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