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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 Seiten |
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... enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give " rest to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling aspect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
... enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give " rest to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling aspect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
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... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians ...
... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians ...
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... enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced ...
... enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced ...
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... enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of himself , and he longed to be persuaded that he was great and happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him ...
... enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of himself , and he longed to be persuaded that he was great and happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him ...
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... enjoy , by what means soever it may be deriv- ed upon us , is the gift of HIM who is the great Au- thor of good , and the Father of mercies . If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , naturally produces a very pleasing sensation ...
... enjoy , by what means soever it may be deriv- ed upon us , is the gift of HIM who is the great Au- thor of good , and the Father of mercies . If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , naturally produces a very pleasing sensation ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.