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 ReadingIsaac Collins and Son, 1802 - 366 oldal |
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... enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction .. And let him who propofes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpofe , the day rolls on , and " the night ...
... enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction .. And let him who propofes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpofe , the day rolls on , and " the night ...
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... enjoy , ) yet , if it mitigates the evils which neceffarily belong to our ftate , it may juftly be faid to give " reft to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling afpect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
... enjoy , ) yet , if it mitigates the evils which neceffarily belong to our ftate , it may juftly be faid to give " reft to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling afpect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
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... of this kind , a pure , a ftedfaft , and enlightened mind , poffeffed of ftrong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and fimile at the impotent af- faults of fortune and the elements . It is within 22 Part I. The English Reader .
... of this kind , a pure , a ftedfaft , and enlightened mind , poffeffed of ftrong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and fimile at the impotent af- faults of fortune and the elements . It is within 22 Part I. The English Reader .
27. oldal
... enjoy any longer a happiness fo terrible .. By this device , Dionyfius intimated to Damocles , how miferable he was in the midft of all his trea- fures ; and in poffeffion of all the honours and en- joyments which royalty could bestow ...
... enjoy any longer a happiness fo terrible .. By this device , Dionyfius intimated to Damocles , how miferable he was in the midft of all his trea- fures ; and in poffeffion of all the honours and en- joyments which royalty could bestow ...
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... enjoyed . What can mortals hope or imagine , which the maf ter of this palace has not obtained ? The difhes of luxury cover his table ; the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers ; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java , and ...
... enjoyed . What can mortals hope or imagine , which the maf ter of this palace has not obtained ? The difhes of luxury cover his table ; the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers ; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java , and ...
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