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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... possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant earch of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the ...
... possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant earch of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the ...
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... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
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... the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent B 2 СНАР . І. 17 SELECT SENTENCES .
... the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent B 2 СНАР . І. 17 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it ...
... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it ...
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
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