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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Originally formed for a wider range of objects , for a higher sphere of enjoyments ,
it finds itself , in every situation of fortune , straitened and confined . Sensible of
deficiency in its state , it is ever sending forth the fond desire , the aspiring wish ...
Originally formed for a wider range of objects , for a higher sphere of enjoyments ,
it finds itself , in every situation of fortune , straitened and confined . Sensible of
deficiency in its state , it is ever sending forth the fond desire , the aspiring wish ...
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We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the same time . If we are
careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This
imperfection which we observe in our . selves , is an imperfection that cleaves , in
some ...
We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the same time . If we are
careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This
imperfection which we observe in our . selves , is an imperfection that cleaves , in
some ...
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It oot , thea all good must be transient and uncertain ; and if so , an object of the
lowest value , wbich can little deserve our attention or inquiry . But if there be a
better good , such a good as we are seeking ; like every other thing , it inust be ...
It oot , thea all good must be transient and uncertain ; and if so , an object of the
lowest value , wbich can little deserve our attention or inquiry . But if there be a
better good , such a good as we are seeking ; like every other thing , it inust be ...
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... illuminated with an immense profusion of lights . The floor consisted of solid
marble ; and , in several places , magoificent columns , throncs , al . tars , and
other objects , appeared , as if nature ' had designed to mock the curiosities of art
.
... illuminated with an immense profusion of lights . The floor consisted of solid
marble ; and , in several places , magoificent columns , throncs , al . tars , and
other objects , appeared , as if nature ' had designed to mock the curiosities of art
.
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Discretion has large and extended views ; and , like a well formed ege ,
commands a whole horizon : cupping is a kind of short - sightedness , that
discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand , but is not able to discern
things at a ...
Discretion has large and extended views ; and , like a well formed ege ,
commands a whole horizon : cupping is a kind of short - sightedness , that
discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand , but is not able to discern
things at a ...
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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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