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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xxxvi. oldal
... present state of man , 344 Sect . 10. Selfifhnefs reproved , 346 Sect . 11 . Human frailty , 347 Sect . 12. Ode to Peace , 348 Sect . 13. Ode to Adversity , 349 Sect . 14. The creation required to praise its Author , 351 The univerfal ...
... present state of man , 344 Sect . 10. Selfifhnefs reproved , 346 Sect . 11 . Human frailty , 347 Sect . 12. Ode to Peace , 348 Sect . 13. Ode to Adversity , 349 Sect . 14. The creation required to praise its Author , 351 The univerfal ...
5. oldal
... present state is , reafon and religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than mifery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property ...
... present state is , reafon and religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than mifery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property ...
22. oldal
... present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our chan- ging feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing- to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all difadvantages ...
... present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our chan- ging feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing- to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all difadvantages ...
98. oldal
... present state , feems fent into the world merely to propagate his kind . He provides himself with a fucceffor ; and immediately quits his poft to make room for him . He does not feem born to enjoy life , but to deli- ver it down to ...
... present state , feems fent into the world merely to propagate his kind . He provides himself with a fucceffor ; and immediately quits his poft to make room for him . He does not feem born to enjoy life , but to deli- ver it down to ...
103. oldal
... presents one of its points , and divides the ftream at top into two parts ; but they unite again long before they reach the bottom . The noife of the fall is heard at the diftance of feveral leagues ; and the fury of the waters , at the ...
... presents one of its points , and divides the ftream at top into two parts ; but they unite again long before they reach the bottom . The noife of the fall is heard at the diftance of feveral leagues ; and the fury of the waters , at the ...
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