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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I am therefore much de . lighted with reading the accounts of savage Dations ;
and with contemplating those virtues which are wild and uncultiyated : to see
courage exerting itselt in fierceness , resolution in obstinacy , wisdom in cunoing ,
The ...
I am therefore much de . lighted with reading the accounts of savage Dations ;
and with contemplating those virtues which are wild and uncultiyated : to see
courage exerting itselt in fierceness , resolution in obstinacy , wisdom in cunoing ,
The ...
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... a tresh insiance of the wisdom and bounty of that Providence , which regulates
the glories of the year ' . W « glow as we contemplate ; we feei a propensi : y to
adore , whilst we enjoy In the time of seed sowing , it is the season of confidence
...
... a tresh insiance of the wisdom and bounty of that Providence , which regulates
the glories of the year ' . W « glow as we contemplate ; we feei a propensi : y to
adore , whilst we enjoy In the time of seed sowing , it is the season of confidence
...
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The practice is founded in wisdom ; and , indeed , it is peculiarly essential to
Cause . your de . * How happy was this great apostle , even in the most perilous
circumstances ! Though under bonds and oppression , his mind was tree , and
raised ...
The practice is founded in wisdom ; and , indeed , it is peculiarly essential to
Cause . your de . * How happy was this great apostle , even in the most perilous
circumstances ! Though under bonds and oppression , his mind was tree , and
raised ...
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Much , indeed , has been said by some oo . ble lords , on the wisdom of our
ancestors , and how differently they thoughi from us . They not only decreed , that
privilege should prevent all civil suits from proceeding during the sitting of
parliament ...
Much , indeed , has been said by some oo . ble lords , on the wisdom of our
ancestors , and how differently they thoughi from us . They not only decreed , that
privilege should prevent all civil suits from proceeding during the sitting of
parliament ...
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Alas ! how little do they know the dangers which await them ? Neither human
wisdom , nor human virtue , unsupported by religion , is equal to the trying
situations which often occur in life . By the shock of temptation , how frequently
have the 1 ...
Alas ! how little do they know the dangers which await them ? Neither human
wisdom , nor human virtue , unsupported by religion , is equal to the trying
situations which often occur in life . By the shock of temptation , how frequently
have the 1 ...
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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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