The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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... hours passed away unaccounted ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not towards what point to travel . He stood pen- sive and confused , afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong , yet conscious that the time of ...
... hours passed away unaccounted ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not towards what point to travel . He stood pen- sive and confused , afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong , yet conscious that the time of ...
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... hour , we view every appearance through a false medium . The most inconsiderable point of in- terest , or honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . But after passion or pride ...
... hour , we view every appearance through a false medium . The most inconsiderable point of in- terest , or honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . But after passion or pride ...
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... hours of rest . Accustomed to view the characters of his neigh- bours in the most favorable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those beautiful scenes of nature , on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the sus- picious man ...
... hours of rest . Accustomed to view the characters of his neigh- bours in the most favorable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those beautiful scenes of nature , on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the sus- picious man ...
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... hour , which must decide our hopes and apprehensions : and the wisdom , which , like our Saviour , cometh from above ... hours of hospitality and The English Reader . Part 1 .
... hour , which must decide our hopes and apprehensions : and the wisdom , which , like our Saviour , cometh from above ... hours of hospitality and The English Reader . Part 1 .
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... hours of hospitality and pleasure interfere with the discharge of our necessary affairs ; and let not what we call necessary affairs , encroach проп the time which is due to devotion . To every thing there is a season , and a time for ...
... hours of hospitality and pleasure interfere with the discharge of our necessary affairs ; and let not what we call necessary affairs , encroach проп the time which is due to devotion . To every thing there is a season , and a time for ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.