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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 Seiten |
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... lords , I have troubled you too long : longer than I should have done , but for the sake of these dear pledges which ... lord . 6. He received a letter from that unfortunate nobleman , desiring that his life might be made a sacrifice to ...
... lords , I have troubled you too long : longer than I should have done , but for the sake of these dear pledges which ... lord . 6. He received a letter from that unfortunate nobleman , desiring that his life might be made a sacrifice to ...
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... lord on my left hand , that I likewise am running the race of popularity . If the noble lord means by popularity , that applause bestowed by after ages on good and virtuous actions , I have long been struggling in that race ; to what ...
... lord on my left hand , that I likewise am running the race of popularity . If the noble lord means by popularity , that applause bestowed by after ages on good and virtuous actions , I have long been struggling in that race ; to what ...
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... Lord ! how different are thy maxims from those of the children of this world ? admire the gay , the But let a vain world 3. They call the proud happy ; and rich , the powerful , and the victorious . take its gaudy trifles , and dress up ...
... Lord ! how different are thy maxims from those of the children of this world ? admire the gay , the But let a vain world 3. They call the proud happy ; and rich , the powerful , and the victorious . take its gaudy trifles , and dress up ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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