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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... honour of man , 196 198 201 204 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life , 206 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered , 15. On the power of custom , and the uses to which it 209 may be applied ...
... honour of man , 196 198 201 204 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life , 206 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered , 15. On the power of custom , and the uses to which it 209 may be applied ...
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... honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment- Like the dew of Hermon , and the dew that 18 PART I. THE ...
... honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment- Like the dew of Hermon , and the dew that 18 PART I. THE ...
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... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO . SECTION II . Change of external condition often adverse to virtue . In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and ...
... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO . SECTION II . Change of external condition often adverse to virtue . In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and ...
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... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king pro- strated themselves before him . In the midst of this ...
... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king pro- strated themselves before him . In the midst of this ...
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... honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
... honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
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