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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70. oldal
... reason , " said the emperour , " that I grieve . " } On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to human nature . It prefcribes to every miferable man the means of bettering his condi tion ; nay , it shows him , that bearing ...
... reason , " said the emperour , " that I grieve . " } On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to human nature . It prefcribes to every miferable man the means of bettering his condi tion ; nay , it shows him , that bearing ...
75. oldal
... reason of a man , in oppofition to the paffion of a child . It is the enjoyment of peace , in oppofition to uproar and confufion . BLAIR . SECTION XIV . Moderation in our Wishes recommended . THE active mind of man feldom or never refts ...
... reason of a man , in oppofition to the paffion of a child . It is the enjoyment of peace , in oppofition to uproar and confufion . BLAIR . SECTION XIV . Moderation in our Wishes recommended . THE active mind of man feldom or never refts ...
89. oldal
... reasons can be affigned , which the prefent fubject leads me not to difcufs . But though thofe una- voidable calamities make a part , yet they make not the chief part , of the vexations and forrows that diftrefs human life . A multitude ...
... reasons can be affigned , which the prefent fubject leads me not to difcufs . But though thofe una- voidable calamities make a part , yet they make not the chief part , of the vexations and forrows that diftrefs human life . A multitude ...
155. oldal
... Reason . BAYLE . Yes - but Reafon , like other governours , has a policy more dependent upon uncertain caprice , than upon any fixed laws . And if that reafon , Chap . VII . 155 Dialogues . The road to happiness open to all men, The ...
... Reason . BAYLE . Yes - but Reafon , like other governours , has a policy more dependent upon uncertain caprice , than upon any fixed laws . And if that reafon , Chap . VII . 155 Dialogues . The road to happiness open to all men, The ...
180. oldal
... reason fhall not thofe confe- quences extend to you ? Shall you attain success without that preparation , and escape dangers with- out that precaution , which is required of others ? Shall happiness grow up to you , of its own accord ...
... reason fhall not thofe confe- quences extend to you ? Shall you attain success without that preparation , and escape dangers with- out that precaution , which is required of others ? Shall happiness grow up to you , of its own accord ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffed caufe cauſe confider courfe defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs emphafis evils eyes fafe faid fame fatisfaction fcene fecret feemed felves fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labour laft laſt lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent proper Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft religion rife Sect SECTION ſhall ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife