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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... tion , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance./ If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education , which ...
... tion , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance./ If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education , which ...
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... tion in ourselves , that we cannot forbear , in some measure , ascribing it to HIM , in whom there is no shadow of imperfec- tion . Our reason indeed assures us , that his attributes are infinite ; but the poorness of our conceptions is ...
... tion in ourselves , that we cannot forbear , in some measure , ascribing it to HIM , in whom there is no shadow of imperfec- tion . Our reason indeed assures us , that his attributes are infinite ; but the poorness of our conceptions is ...
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... tion ; if busy , they complain of fatigue . If in middle life , they are impatient for distinction ; if in high stations , they sigh af- ter freedom and ease . Something is still wanting to that plenitude of satisfaction , which they ...
... tion ; if busy , they complain of fatigue . If in middle life , they are impatient for distinction ; if in high stations , they sigh af- ter freedom and ease . Something is still wanting to that plenitude of satisfaction , which they ...
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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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