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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Página 45
It was this ihat obtained to ancient Enoch the most singular testimony of honour
from heaven He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from
him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he
...
It was this ihat obtained to ancient Enoch the most singular testimony of honour
from heaven He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from
him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he
...
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Heaven , I said , was merciful_ " Or , " exclaimed he , - " I could not have been
thus guilty . What has it not done to bless , and to save me ! -I have been to strong
for Omnipotence ! I have plucked down ruin . " I said , the blessed Redeemer ...
Heaven , I said , was merciful_ " Or , " exclaimed he , - " I could not have been
thus guilty . What has it not done to bless , and to save me ! -I have been to strong
for Omnipotence ! I have plucked down ruin . " I said , the blessed Redeemer ...
Página 100
Is not Heaven on my side already ! It closes with my conscience . lis severest
strokes but second my own . " Observing that his friend was much touch . cd at
this , even to tear s - ( who could forbear ? I could not ) - with a must aftectionate
look ...
Is not Heaven on my side already ! It closes with my conscience . lis severest
strokes but second my own . " Observing that his friend was much touch . cd at
this , even to tear s - ( who could forbear ? I could not ) - with a must aftectionate
look ...
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Thou beginnest on earth the temper of heaven . In thee , the hosts of angels and
blessed spirits eternally rejoice . BLAIR . SECTION XIV . The planetary and
terrestrial worlds comparatively considered . To us who dwell on its surface , the
earth ...
Thou beginnest on earth the temper of heaven . In thee , the hosts of angels and
blessed spirits eternally rejoice . BLAIR . SECTION XIV . The planetary and
terrestrial worlds comparatively considered . To us who dwell on its surface , the
earth ...
Página 165
The state of bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affecting those minds
which are not thus qualified for it : we must , 10 this world , gain a relish of truth
and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection , which are
to ...
The state of bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affecting those minds
which are not thus qualified for it : we must , 10 this world , gain a relish of truth
and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection , which are
to ...
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Información bibliográfica
| 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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