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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... Heaven . SECTION II . THE chief , misfortunes that befall us in life , can be traced to some vices or follies which we have com- mitted . Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with ...
... Heaven . SECTION II . THE chief , misfortunes that befall us in life , can be traced to some vices or follies which we have com- mitted . Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with ...
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... Heaven . - gra- Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illus- trious ; but an ill one more ...
... Heaven . - gra- Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illus- trious ; but an ill one more ...
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... Heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to show it to our own brethren ? Let us also accustom ourselves , to reflect on the small moment of those things , which are the usual incentives ...
... Heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to show it to our own brethren ? Let us also accustom ourselves , to reflect on the small moment of those things , which are the usual incentives ...
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... heaven . If we delay till to - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge the morrow with a burden which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from carrying us along smoothly . He who every morning ...
... heaven . If we delay till to - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge the morrow with a burden which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from carrying us along smoothly . He who every morning ...
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... heaven . , He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he was translated to heaven without seeing death ; " Yea , speedily was he ...
... heaven . , He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he was translated to heaven without seeing death ; " Yea , speedily was he ...
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