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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He that cannot live well to - day , ( says Martial . ) will be less qualified to live well
to.morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation
which flaters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his
temper ...
He that cannot live well to - day , ( says Martial . ) will be less qualified to live well
to.morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation
which flaters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his
temper ...
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My brother ! if thou canst bear with no instan . ces of unreasonable behaviour ,
withdraw thyself from the world Thou art no longer fit to live in it . Leave the
intercourse of men . Retreat to the mountain , and the desert ; or shut thyself up in
a cell .
My brother ! if thou canst bear with no instan . ces of unreasonable behaviour ,
withdraw thyself from the world Thou art no longer fit to live in it . Leave the
intercourse of men . Retreat to the mountain , and the desert ; or shut thyself up in
a cell .
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Did man control his passions , and form his conduct according to the dictates of
wisdom , humauity , and virtue , the earth would no longer be desolated by
cruelty ; and human societies would live 10 order , harmony , and peace . Ia
those ...
Did man control his passions , and form his conduct according to the dictates of
wisdom , humauity , and virtue , the earth would no longer be desolated by
cruelty ; and human societies would live 10 order , harmony , and peace . Ia
those ...
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Dum vivimus vivamus , Whilst we live , let us live , “ Live , while you live , " the
epicure would say , " And seize the pleasures of the present day . “ Live , while
con live , " the sacred preacher cries ; " And give to Gvd each moment is it flies .
Dum vivimus vivamus , Whilst we live , let us live , “ Live , while you live , " the
epicure would say , " And seize the pleasures of the present day . “ Live , while
con live , " the sacred preacher cries ; " And give to Gvd each moment is it flies .
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail , That crawls at evening in the public path
; But he that has humanity , fore warn'd , Will tread aside , and let the repiile live .
The creeping vermine , loathsome to the sight , And charg'd perhaps with ...
An inadvertent step may crush the snail , That crawls at evening in the public path
; But he that has humanity , fore warn'd , Will tread aside , and let the repiile live .
The creeping vermine , loathsome to the sight , And charg'd perhaps with ...
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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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