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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... and invigorate the mind to the last ; and most of all , at last , at that important
hour , which must decide our hopes and apprehensions : and the wisdom , which
, like our Saviour , cometh from above , will , through his merits , bring us thither .
... and invigorate the mind to the last ; and most of all , at last , at that important
hour , which must decide our hopes and apprehensions : and the wisdom , which
, like our Saviour , cometh from above , will , through his merits , bring us thither .
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He catches and arrests the hours as they fly . They are marked down for useful
purposes , and their memory remains . Whereas those hours fleet by the man of
confusion like a shadow . His days and years are either blanks of which he has
no ...
He catches and arrests the hours as they fly . They are marked down for useful
purposes , and their memory remains . Whereas those hours fleet by the man of
confusion like a shadow . His days and years are either blanks of which he has
no ...
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ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. Happiness is founded in rectitude of
conduct . All men pursue good , and would be happy , if they knew how : not
happy for minutes , and iniserable for hours ; but happy , if possible , through
every part ...
ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. Happiness is founded in rectitude of
conduct . All men pursue good , and would be happy , if they knew how : not
happy for minutes , and iniserable for hours ; but happy , if possible , through
every part ...
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Since the time that reason began to exert her powers , thought , during her
waking hours , has been active in every breast , without a moment's suspension
or pause . The current of ideas has been always flowing . The wheels of the
spiritual ...
Since the time that reason began to exert her powers , thought , during her
waking hours , has been active in every breast , without a moment's suspension
or pause . The current of ideas has been always flowing . The wheels of the
spiritual ...
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O say what soft propitious hour I best may choose to bail thy power , And court thy
gentle sway ! When autumn , friendly to the muse , Shall thy own modest tinis
diffuse , And shed thy milder day ? When Eve , her dewy star beneath , Thy balmy
...
O say what soft propitious hour I best may choose to bail thy power , And court thy
gentle sway ! When autumn , friendly to the muse , Shall thy own modest tinis
diffuse , And shed thy milder day ? When Eve , her dewy star beneath , Thy balmy
...
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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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