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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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... earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short to the licentious , is the interval ...
... earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short to the licentious , is the interval ...
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... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . Chap . 3 . 37 Didactic Pieces . among men,order and comfort, peace and ...
... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . Chap . 3 . 37 Didactic Pieces . among men,order and comfort, peace and ...
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... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in sep . arate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in sep . arate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
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... earth , " then lived Noah a righteous man , and a preach- er of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him . Providence conferred the immortal honour of ...
... earth , " then lived Noah a righteous man , and a preach- er of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him . Providence conferred the immortal honour of ...
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... earth , if this he beyond me , it is not possi- ble . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this - If I seek an interest of my own detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
... earth , if this he beyond me , it is not possi- ble . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this - If I seek an interest of my own detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.