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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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraordinary 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 greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraordinary 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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... in his life , as both to give room for worldly pursuits , and to recall , from time to time , the admoni- tions of conscience . LIBR UNIVER OF CALIFORNIA SECTION IV . TIME once past never returns : the CHAP . I. 7 . SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... in his life , as both to give room for worldly pursuits , and to recall , from time to time , the admoni- tions of conscience . LIBR UNIVER OF CALIFORNIA SECTION IV . TIME once past never returns : the CHAP . I. 7 . SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an ...
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... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts 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 corrupts 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 inquiry 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 inquiry 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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