The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Form the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingW. and J. Bolles, 1834 - 252 páginas |
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... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state Will any future ...
... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state Will any future ...
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... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment ; like the dew of Fler- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment ; like the dew of Fler- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
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... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the ...
... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the ...
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... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person would become the injurer ; and thus wrongs ...
... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person would become the injurer ; and thus wrongs ...
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... , to deprive ourselves of the comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence di rects his intercourse with the world ; and no black CHAP . III . DIDACTIC PIECES .
... , to deprive ourselves of the comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence di rects his intercourse with the world ; and no black CHAP . III . DIDACTIC PIECES .
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ADHERBAL affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Calabria character cheerful comfort death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect persons pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth