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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... wliich the husbandman trusts to the bosom of the earth shall , Isappily , yield its
seven fold rewards Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta . tion . That
which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation .
... wliich the husbandman trusts to the bosom of the earth shall , Isappily , yield its
seven fold rewards Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta . tion . That
which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation .
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... of the cavern , " SECTION IV . The grotto of Antipuros continued . " Our candles
being now all lighted up , and the whole place completely illuminated , never
could the eye be presented with a more glitteriøg , or a more magnificent scene .
... of the cavern , " SECTION IV . The grotto of Antipuros continued . " Our candles
being now all lighted up , and the whole place completely illuminated , never
could the eye be presented with a more glitteriøg , or a more magnificent scene .
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... and'striking a scene , may serve to give us some idea of the subteraneous
wooders of nature . GOLDSMITH SECTION V. Earthquake at Catanea . One of
the earthquakes most particularly descri . bed in history , is that which happened
in the ...
... and'striking a scene , may serve to give us some idea of the subteraneous
wooders of nature . GOLDSMITH SECTION V. Earthquake at Catanea . One of
the earthquakes most particularly descri . bed in history , is that which happened
in the ...
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To pass over the shameful irregularities of his youth , wbat does his quærorship ,
the first public employment he held , what does it exhibit , but one cnotinued
scene of yillanies ? Caeius Carbo plundered of the public money by his own ...
To pass over the shameful irregularities of his youth , wbat does his quærorship ,
the first public employment he held , what does it exhibit , but one cnotinued
scene of yillanies ? Caeius Carbo plundered of the public money by his own ...
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Coovipc'd , in nature's volume wise , The imag'd truth I read ; And sudden from
any waking eyes Th'instructive vision fled . Then why thus heavy , O my soul ?
Say why , distrustful still , Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'er scenes of
future ...
Coovipc'd , in nature's volume wise , The imag'd truth I read ; And sudden from
any waking eyes Th'instructive vision fled . Then why thus heavy , O my soul ?
Say why , distrustful still , Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'er scenes of
future ...
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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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