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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Huygenius carries this thought so far , that he does not think it impossible there
coay be stars , whose light has not yet travelled down to us , since their first
creation . There is no question that the universe has certain bounds set to it ; but
when ...
Huygenius carries this thought so far , that he does not think it impossible there
coay be stars , whose light has not yet travelled down to us , since their first
creation . There is no question that the universe has certain bounds set to it ; but
when ...
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We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought , of our being
overlooked by our Maker , in the in ultiplicity of his works , and the infinity of those
objects ainong which he seems to be incessantly employed , if we consider , in
the ...
We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought , of our being
overlooked by our Maker , in the in ultiplicity of his works , and the infinity of those
objects ainong which he seems to be incessantly employed , if we consider , in
the ...
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SECTION V. On the government of our thoughts . A MULTITUDE of cases occur ,
in which we are no less accountable for what we think , than for what we do . As ,
first , when the introduction of any train o thought depends upon ourselves , and ...
SECTION V. On the government of our thoughts . A MULTITUDE of cases occur ,
in which we are no less accountable for what we think , than for what we do . As ,
first , when the introduction of any train o thought depends upon ourselves , and ...
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thoughts , is , to take the most effectual measures for preventing the introduction
of such as are sinful , and for ... Since the time that reason began to exert her
powers , thought , during her waking hours , has been active in every breast ,
without ...
thoughts , is , to take the most effectual measures for preventing the introduction
of such as are sinful , and for ... Since the time that reason began to exert her
powers , thought , during her waking hours , has been active in every breast ,
without ...
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11 Wisdom , in sable garb array'd , Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And
Melancholy , silent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy
solemn steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Justice , to herself ...
11 Wisdom , in sable garb array'd , Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And
Melancholy , silent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy
solemn steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Justice , to herself ...
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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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