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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... mind , was not negligent of his external appearance . His clean- liness resulted from those ideas of order and decency , which governed all his actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his desire to preserve his mind ...
... mind , was not negligent of his external appearance . His clean- liness resulted from those ideas of order and decency , which governed all his actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his desire to preserve his mind ...
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... mind . - If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed - But ...
... mind . - If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed - But ...
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... mind , we may date from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion which generally affords the first introduction to vice . The irregular gratifications into which it occasionallyseduces him , appear ...
... mind , we may date from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion which generally affords the first introduction to vice . The irregular gratifications into which it occasionallyseduces him , appear ...
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... mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune ... minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the vicissitudes of worldly ...
... mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune ... minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the vicissitudes of worldly ...
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... mind happy . DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from being happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasures which wealth and power could procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by these spe- cious ...
... mind happy . DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from being happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasures which wealth and power could procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by these spe- cious ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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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.