The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 1 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read vi PREFACE .
... Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 1 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read vi PREFACE .
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... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
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... pain and mifery . " " I am perfwaded , that neither death ' , nor life` ; nor " angels ' , nor principalities ' , nor powers` ; nor things pre- " fent ' , nor things to come` ; nor height ' , nor depth` ; 66 nor any other creature ...
... pain and mifery . " " I am perfwaded , that neither death ' , nor life` ; nor " angels ' , nor principalities ' , nor powers` ; nor things pre- " fent ' , nor things to come` ; nor height ' , nor depth` ; 66 nor any other creature ...
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... pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of pro- perty , diversity of conditions , fubordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the temper ...
... pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of pro- perty , diversity of conditions , fubordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the temper ...
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... pains and forrows , is univer- fally experienced , and almoft univerfally confefsed.- But let us not attend only to mournful truths : if we look impartially about us , we fhall find , that every day has likewife its pleafures and its ...
... pains and forrows , is univer- fally experienced , and almoft univerfally confefsed.- But let us not attend only to mournful truths : if we look impartially about us , we fhall find , that every day has likewife its pleafures and its ...
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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