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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... in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in them selves , that t is evidently done with no other INTRODUCTION . The fire-side, The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed, 226 227.
... in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in them selves , that t is evidently done with no other INTRODUCTION . The fire-side, The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed, 226 227.
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... happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our eagerness ...
... happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our eagerness ...
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... happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind , than upon any one external circumstance : nay , more than upon all external things put together . In no station , in no period , let us think ourselves secure from the ...
... happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind , than upon any one external circumstance : nay , more than upon all external things put together . In no station , in no period , let us think ourselves secure from the ...
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... happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be ; and what flatters most , is always farthest from ...
... happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be ; and what flatters most , is always farthest from ...
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... happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends gene- rally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , more contemptible . Vice is infamous , thougn in a prince ; and virtue honourable ...
... happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends gene- rally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , more contemptible . Vice is infamous , thougn in a prince ; and virtue honourable ...
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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