The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of fpeech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
... never to utter a greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of fpeech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
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... to give room for worldly purfuits , and to recal , from time to time , the admoni- tions of confcience . SECTION IV . TIME once paft never returns the moment B 4 CHAP . I. 7 SELECT SENTENCES , & C . SECT Picture of a good man,
... to give room for worldly purfuits , and to recal , from time to time , the admoni- tions of confcience . SECTION IV . TIME once paft never returns the moment B 4 CHAP . I. 7 SELECT SENTENCES , & C . SECT Picture of a good man,
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Lindley Murray. SECTION IV . TIME once paft never returns the moment which is loft , is loft for ever . There is nothing on earth fo ftable , as to assure us of undisturbed reft ; nor so powerful , as to afford us conftant protèction ...
Lindley Murray. SECTION IV . TIME once paft never returns the moment which is loft , is loft for ever . There is nothing on earth fo ftable , as to assure us of undisturbed reft ; nor so powerful , as to afford us conftant protèction ...
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... never fatisfied ; nourishes a fickly effeminate delicacy , which fours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have feen the hufbandman fcattering his feed upon the furrowed ground ! It fprings up , is gathered into his barns ...
... never fatisfied ; nourishes a fickly effeminate delicacy , which fours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have feen the hufbandman fcattering his feed upon the furrowed ground ! It fprings up , is gathered into his barns ...
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... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after fuch perfons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was filent . SECTION VIII . He that hath no rule over his own fpirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . Better is a ...
... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after fuch perfons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was filent . SECTION VIII . He that hath no rule over his own fpirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . Better is a ...
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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