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 ...T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1805 - 364 páginas |
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... danger arising from future intercourse with the world . THE Author has endeavoured to relieve the grave and serious parts of his collection , by the occasional admis- In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations ...
... danger arising from future intercourse with the world . THE Author has endeavoured to relieve the grave and serious parts of his collection , by the occasional admis- In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations ...
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... dangers which spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches ...
... dangers which spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches ...
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... danger . Ab- hor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his pre- judice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- lent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore ...
... danger . Ab- hor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his pre- judice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- lent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore ...
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... dangers both our virtue and our happiness . The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once obtained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and ...
... dangers both our virtue and our happiness . The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once obtained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and ...
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... danger of being too much attached to it , how entirely would it have seduced our affections , if no troubles had been . mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon our- selves to dejection , carries no ...
... danger of being too much attached to it , how entirely would it have seduced our affections , if no troubles had been . mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon our- selves to dejection , carries no ...
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