The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... mankind had tranf- grefsed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an unheard ...
... mankind had tranf- grefsed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an unheard ...
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Lindley Murray. But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgrefsion , the line would run thus : Brought death ...
Lindley Murray. But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgrefsion , the line would run thus : Brought death ...
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... that pause with a degree of cadence in the voice : " If " content cannot remove the difquietudes of mankind , " it will at leaft alleviate them . " The fufpending paufe is often , in the fame fentence A 6 INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
... that pause with a degree of cadence in the voice : " If " content cannot remove the difquietudes of mankind , " it will at leaft alleviate them . " The fufpending paufe is often , in the fame fentence A 6 INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
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... mankind more generally agreed . The appearances of our fecurity are frequently de- ceitful . When our sky seems moft fettled and ferene , in fome unobferved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempeft ferments , and ...
... mankind more generally agreed . The appearances of our fecurity are frequently de- ceitful . When our sky seems moft fettled and ferene , in fome unobferved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempeft ferments , and ...
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... mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; efpeci- ally in those periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise ...
... mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; efpeci- ally in those periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise ...
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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