The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... affections , is either feeble , or tranfient . A temperate ufe of fuch entertainment feems therefore requifite , to afford pro- per fcope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . THE reader will perceive , that the ...
... affections , is either feeble , or tranfient . A temperate ufe of fuch entertainment feems therefore requifite , to afford pro- per fcope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . THE reader will perceive , that the ...
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... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human mifery , convey fatisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to ...
... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human mifery , convey fatisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to ...
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... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In feasons of diftrefs or difficulty , to abandon our- felves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a wor- thy mind . Instead of finking under trouble , and de ...
... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In feasons of diftrefs or difficulty , to abandon our- felves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a wor- thy mind . Instead of finking under trouble , and de ...
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... affection , had never opened itfelf to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the informa- tion of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept of the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
... affection , had never opened itfelf to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the informa- tion of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept of the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
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... affections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappointment , and misfortunes , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . at She It had been intended to execute the Lady Jane and Lord Guilford ...
... affections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappointment , and misfortunes , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . at She It had been intended to execute the Lady Jane and Lord Guilford ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo Antiparos appear arifes becauſe BLAIR Caius Verres cauſe circumftances confequences confider courfe defigns defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs evil eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction fcene feemed fenfe fentiments ferve fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide firft fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha laft leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves pafs pafsions paſsed perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſures pofsefsed poſseſsion prefent proper purpoſe purſue Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife ſcene SECTION ſhall ſhe Sicily ſpeak ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe virtue whofe wiſdom