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, 1842 - 252 páginas |
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... imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES . The order of nature, Day A pastoral, in three parts,
... imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES . The order of nature, Day A pastoral, in three parts,
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... fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their passions ...
... fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their passions ...
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... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
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... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our aisordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our aisordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
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... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
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affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider death Democritus Dioclesian distress Divine dread earth emphasis enemies enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa mind misery nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace perfection person pleasing pleasures possession pow'r present prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spect spirit suffer temper tempest tence thee things thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise wish words youth