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, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 oldal |
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xxxvi. oldal
... ground for envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as 缀 duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men , · 45 CHAPTER IV ...
... ground for envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as 缀 duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men , · 45 CHAPTER IV ...
11. oldal
... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the titude of those whom he obliges ; by the ...
... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the titude of those whom he obliges ; by the ...
19. oldal
... quick and accurate sensibility to right and wrong . If ever your moral impressions begin to decay , and your natural abhorrence of guilt to lessen , you have ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is CHAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... quick and accurate sensibility to right and wrong . If ever your moral impressions begin to decay , and your natural abhorrence of guilt to lessen , you have ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is CHAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
20. oldal
... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . By disappointments and trials , the violence of our passions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the ...
... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . By disappointments and trials , the violence of our passions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the ...
33. oldal
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantic country , till ...
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantic country , till ...
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