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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... human species . " " He who resigns the world , has no temptation to envy ' , hatred ' , malice , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature ...
... human species . " " He who resigns the world , has no temptation to envy ' , hatred ' , malice , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature ...
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... human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not ostentation and vanity , direct the train of your pursuits . To maintain a steady and unbroken mind , amidst all the shocks of the world ...
... human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not ostentation and vanity , direct the train of your pursuits . To maintain a steady and unbroken mind , amidst all the shocks of the world ...
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... human nature . Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently as much in- fluence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as igno- rance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the ...
... human nature . Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently as much in- fluence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as igno- rance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the ...
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... human life ; without either loading it with imaginary evils , or expecting from it greater advantages than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and inti- mate connexion . When any one of them is ...
... human life ; without either loading it with imaginary evils , or expecting from it greater advantages than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and inti- mate connexion . When any one of them is ...
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... humanity of the boys , made this striking observation ; " Children , you do not consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most ...
... humanity of the boys , made this striking observation ; " Children , you do not consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most ...
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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