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 ReadingLincoln & Edmands, 1824 - 264 Seiten |
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... reflection , you must perceive that there is a right and a wrong in human actions . You see , that those who are born with the same advantages of fortune , are not all equally prosperous in the course of life . While some of them , by ...
... reflection , you must perceive that there is a right and a wrong in human actions . You see , that those who are born with the same advantages of fortune , are not all equally prosperous in the course of life . While some of them , by ...
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... Reflection . A soul without reflection , like a pile Without inhabitant , to ruin runs . Secret Virtue . The private path , the secret acts of men , If noble , far the noblest of their lives . Necessary knowledge easily attained . Our ...
... Reflection . A soul without reflection , like a pile Without inhabitant , to ruin runs . Secret Virtue . The private path , the secret acts of men , If noble , far the noblest of their lives . Necessary knowledge easily attained . Our ...
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... Reflection essential to nappiness . Much joy not only speaks small happiness , But happiness that shortly must expire . Can joy unbottom'd in reflection , stand ? And , in a tempest , can reflection live ? Friendship . Can gold gain ...
... Reflection essential to nappiness . Much joy not only speaks small happiness , But happiness that shortly must expire . Can joy unbottom'd in reflection , stand ? And , in a tempest , can reflection live ? Friendship . Can gold gain ...
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Select Sentences and Paragraphs | 23 |
The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them | 37 |
No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind | 39 |
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