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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Fragrant ointments , chaplets of flowers , and rich perfumes , were added to the
entertainment . The table was loaded with the most exquisite delicacies of every
kind . Damocles , intoxicated with pleasure , fancied himself amongst superior ...
Fragrant ointments , chaplets of flowers , and rich perfumes , were added to the
entertainment . The table was loaded with the most exquisite delicacies of every
kind . Damocles , intoxicated with pleasure , fancied himself amongst superior ...
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I have long sought content , and have not found it , I will from this moment
endeavour to be rich . " Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber
, for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed
to ...
I have long sought content , and have not found it , I will from this moment
endeavour to be rich . " Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber
, for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed
to ...
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Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; “ let the golden stream be quick and
violent . ” “ Look round thee , " said his father , " once again . ” Ortogrul looked ,
and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet
from ...
Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; “ let the golden stream be quick and
violent . ” “ Look round thee , " said his father , " once again . ” Ortogrul looked ,
and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet
from ...
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For this reason , as none can be properly called rich who have not more than
they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the
middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have
more ...
For this reason , as none can be properly called rich who have not more than
they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the
middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have
more ...
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Hence the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to
themselves all the comforts of life . Hence , the evil eye with which per . sons of
inferior station scrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach
...
Hence the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to
themselves all the comforts of life . Hence , the evil eye with which per . sons of
inferior station scrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach
...
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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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