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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perity : ( which indeed it were not salutary for man always to enjoy :) yet , if it
mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to
give “ rest to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling aspect does
the ...
perity : ( which indeed it were not salutary for man always to enjoy :) yet , if it
mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to
give “ rest to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling aspect does
the ...
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His accustomed employments or labours are not more oppressive to him , than
the labour of at . tendance on courts and the great , the labours of dress , the fa .
tigue of amusements , the very weight of idleness , frequently are to the rich .
His accustomed employments or labours are not more oppressive to him , than
the labour of at . tendance on courts and the great , the labours of dress , the fa .
tigue of amusements , the very weight of idleness , frequently are to the rich .
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... and the discouragements under which you labour ; of the crosses and
disappointments of ' which your life has been ... preference to you , have obtained
those advantages which naturally belong to useful labours and honourable
pursuits ?
... and the discouragements under which you labour ; of the crosses and
disappointments of ' which your life has been ... preference to you , have obtained
those advantages which naturally belong to useful labours and honourable
pursuits ?
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The edifice which is cost much rime and labour to erect , one ioauspicious event ,
one sudden ... The prospect of this termination of our labours and pursuits , is
sufficient to mark our stare with vanity , “ Our days are a band's breadth , aod our
...
The edifice which is cost much rime and labour to erect , one ioauspicious event ,
one sudden ... The prospect of this termination of our labours and pursuits , is
sufficient to mark our stare with vanity , “ Our days are a band's breadth , aod our
...
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... Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to read the sky ; Th'eternal snows
appear already past , And the first clouds and moun : ains seem the last : But :
those attain ' d , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way
...
... Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to read the sky ; Th'eternal snows
appear already past , And the first clouds and moun : ains seem the last : But :
those attain ' d , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way
...
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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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