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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... religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calcu ...
... religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calcu ...
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... religion , • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom , 8. On the importance of order in the atribution of our time , 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples , 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of vir ...
... religion , • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom , 8. On the importance of order in the atribution of our time , 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples , 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of vir ...
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... Religion and death , CHAPTER III . • 239 DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The vanity of wealth , 2. Nothing formed in vain , 3. On pride , • • 4. Cruelty to brutes censured , 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of St ...
... Religion and death , CHAPTER III . • 239 DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The vanity of wealth , 2. Nothing formed in vain , 3. On pride , • • 4. Cruelty to brutes censured , 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of St ...
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... judicionsly selected , and correctly printed , with a more than usual mixture of pieces in favour of piety and religion . ” Evangelical Magazine , October , 1801 . " This work may be recommended as a useful companion ( 317 )
... judicionsly selected , and correctly printed , with a more than usual mixture of pieces in favour of piety and religion . ” Evangelical Magazine , October , 1801 . " This work may be recommended as a useful companion ( 317 )
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... religious improvement , as well as mere entertainment . " British Critic , April , 1800 . " This selection reflects much credit on the taste of the Com- piler ; and the arrangement of the various pieces is judicious . The different ...
... religious improvement , as well as mere entertainment . " British Critic , April , 1800 . " This selection reflects much credit on the taste of the Com- piler ; and the arrangement of the various pieces is judicious . The different ...
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