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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xviii. oldal
... once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , “ Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
... once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , “ Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
2. oldal
... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
6. oldal
... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and re- gret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the be ...
... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and re- gret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the be ...
17. oldal
... once obtained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and imperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of many ...
... once obtained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and imperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of many ...
20. oldal
... and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is to store 20 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
... and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is to store 20 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
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