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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... lives . " " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body habits of lust , and sensuality ; malice , and revenge : an aversion to every thing that is good , just , and laudable , are naturally seasoned and ...
... lives . " " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body habits of lust , and sensuality ; malice , and revenge : an aversion to every thing that is good , just , and laudable , are naturally seasoned and ...
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... Lives through all life , extends through all extent , 66 Spreads undivided , and operates unspent . " Before the conclusion of this introduction , the Com- piler takes the liberty to recommend to teachers ; to exercise their pupils in ...
... Lives through all life , extends through all extent , 66 Spreads undivided , and operates unspent . " Before the conclusion of this introduction , the Com- piler takes the liberty to recommend to teachers ; to exercise their pupils in ...
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... 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 sit- uation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his prin- ciples , disorders ...
... 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 sit- uation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his prin- ciples , disorders ...
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... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have not found it , I will from this moment endeavour to be rich . ” Full ...
... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have not found it , I will from this moment endeavour to be rich . ” Full ...
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... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall re- member ...
... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall re- member ...
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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.