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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... more sincere , more indulgent to her people , would have been requisite to
form a perfect character . By the force of her mind , she controlled all her more
active and stronger cess . qualities ; and prevented them from running into Chap .
5 .
... more sincere , more indulgent to her people , would have been requisite to
form a perfect character . By the force of her mind , she controlled all her more
active and stronger cess . qualities ; and prevented them from running into Chap .
5 .
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... his son : words , which every young person ought to consider as addressed to
himself , and to engrave deepJy on his heart : " Solomon , my son , know thou the
God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind .
... his son : words , which every young person ought to consider as addressed to
himself , and to engrave deepJy on his heart : " Solomon , my son , know thou the
God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind .
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But after this concession is made , will it follow that there is no object on earth
which deserves our pursuit , or that all enjoyment becomes contemptible which is
not perfect ? Let us survey our state with an impartial eye , and be just to the ...
But after this concession is made , will it follow that there is no object on earth
which deserves our pursuit , or that all enjoyment becomes contemptible which is
not perfect ? Let us survey our state with an impartial eye , and be just to the ...
Página 176
This progress in nature is so verj gradual , that the most perfect of an inferior
species , comes very near to the most imperfect of that wbich is immediately
above it . + The eroberant and overflowing goodness of the Supreme Being ,
whose ...
This progress in nature is so verj gradual , that the most perfect of an inferior
species , comes very near to the most imperfect of that wbich is immediately
above it . + The eroberant and overflowing goodness of the Supreme Being ,
whose ...
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... Glows in the stars , and blossoms in the trees ; Lives thro ' all life , extends thro '
all extent , Spreads updivided , operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul , ioforms
our mortal part , As full , as perfect , in a hair as heart ; As full , as perfect , io vile ...
... Glows in the stars , and blossoms in the trees ; Lives thro ' all life , extends thro '
all extent , Spreads updivided , operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul , ioforms
our mortal part , As full , as perfect , in a hair as heart ; As full , as perfect , io vile ...
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able actions affections appear attention bear beauty blessings cause character comfort common consider course danger dark death deep desire divine earth enjoy equal evil fall father fear feel fortune give ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope hour human kind king labours less light live look Lord mankind manner means mind nature never night o'er objects observe once ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession praise present pride proper raise reading reason regard render rest rich rise scene seems sense shine short soul sound spirit spring stand suffer temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
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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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