The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments and to Inculate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue, with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingB. Olds, 1852 - 252 páginas |
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... prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptions to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . He who is ...
... prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptions to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . He who is ...
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... prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peasant . An elevated genius , employed in little things , appears ( to use the similie of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening de- clination he remits his splendour , but retains his ...
... prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peasant . An elevated genius , employed in little things , appears ( to use the similie of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening de- clination he remits his splendour , but retains his ...
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... prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , " provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry ...
... prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , " provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry ...
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... prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advanced to the chief dignity in his kingdom , Haman , an Amalekite , who inherited all the ancient enmity of his race to the Jewish nation . He appears , from what ...
... prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advanced to the chief dignity in his kingdom , Haman , an Amalekite , who inherited all the ancient enmity of his race to the Jewish nation . He appears , from what ...
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... prince , both in private and public life , may , with advantage , be set in opposition to that of any mo- narch or citizen , which the annals of any age , or any nation , can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the complete model ...
... prince , both in private and public life , may , with advantage , be set in opposition to that of any mo- narch or citizen , which the annals of any age , or any nation , can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the complete model ...
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