The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best WritersCollins and Company, 1832 - 252 páginas |
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... never to utter a gr ater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
... never to utter a gr ater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often becomes ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often becomes ...
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... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and cor- rupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns ...
... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and cor- rupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns ...
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... never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
... never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
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... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him self ...
... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him self ...
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affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character Charybdis comfort death delight distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father favour feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passed passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasures possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reign religion render rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tears temper tempest thee things thought tion treache truth Tuning sweet vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth