The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments and to Inculate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue, with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingB. Olds, 1852 - 252 Seiten |
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... subject ; and establish a habit of readily discovering the mean- ng , force , and beauty of what they pcrule . PART I. PIECES IN PROSE CHAPTER I. SELECT SENTENCES AND 12 INTRODUCTION . On the true honour of man, On the slavery of vice,
... subject ; and establish a habit of readily discovering the mean- ng , force , and beauty of what they pcrule . PART I. PIECES IN PROSE CHAPTER I. SELECT SENTENCES AND 12 INTRODUCTION . On the true honour of man, On the slavery of vice,
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... honour- able occupations of youth . Whatever useful or engaging endowments we possess , vir . tue is requisite , in order to their shining with proper lustre . Virtuous youth gradually brings forward accomplished and flourishing manhood ...
... honour- able occupations of youth . Whatever useful or engaging endowments we possess , vir . tue is requisite , in order to their shining with proper lustre . Virtuous youth gradually brings forward accomplished and flourishing manhood ...
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... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . CICERO Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . IN the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and ...
... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . CICERO Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . IN the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and ...
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... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this gene ...
... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this gene ...
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... honour , swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
... honour , swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
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affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing breath Caius Verres character death degree Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emotions emphasis enjoy enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune friendship give grave accent ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human imitative powers inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner means Micipsa midst mind misery nature never Numidia o'er observe ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perly persons pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter reading religion render rest riches rising Roman senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit spirited command temper tempest thee things thou thought tion tones truth vanity verse vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words young youth