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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Hainan ; or , the misery of pride . AHASUERU'S , who is supposed to be the
prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advan
. ced to the chief dignity in his kingdom , Haman , an Amale . kite , who inherited
all ...
Hainan ; or , the misery of pride . AHASUERU'S , who is supposed to be the
prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advan
. ced to the chief dignity in his kingdom , Haman , an Amale . kite , who inherited
all ...
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It 18 pride which fills the world with 80 much harshness and severity . In the
fullness of self - estimation , we forget what we are . We claim attentions to which
we are not entitled . We are rigorous to offences , as it we had never offended ;
unfeel ...
It 18 pride which fills the world with 80 much harshness and severity . In the
fullness of self - estimation , we forget what we are . We claim attentions to which
we are not entitled . We are rigorous to offences , as it we had never offended ;
unfeel ...
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On pride . Of all the causes , which conspire to blind * Man's erring judgment ,
and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is pride ,
the never failing vice of fools . Whatever nature has in worth geny'd , She gives it
...
On pride . Of all the causes , which conspire to blind * Man's erring judgment ,
and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is pride ,
the never failing vice of fools . Whatever nature has in worth geny'd , She gives it
...
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In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the
skies . Pride still is aining at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels , angels
would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels , men ...
In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the
skies . Pride still is aining at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels , angels
would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels , men ...
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Loves of his own , and raptures swell the note , The bounding steed you
pompously bestride , Shares with his lord tbe pleasure and the pride . Is thine
alone the seed that strews the plain ? The birds of Hear'a shall vindicate their
grain .
Loves of his own , and raptures swell the note , The bounding steed you
pompously bestride , Shares with his lord tbe pleasure and the pride . Is thine
alone the seed that strews the plain ? The birds of Hear'a shall vindicate their
grain .
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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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