The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Form the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... gentle , yet not dull , " Strong , without rage ; with.out o'erflowing , full . ” " A friend , exaggerates a man's virtues ; an enemy , his crimes . " " The wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he ...
... gentle , yet not dull , " Strong , without rage ; with.out o'erflowing , full . ” " A friend , exaggerates a man's virtues ; an enemy , his crimes . " " The wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he ...
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... gentle and languid in her attempts , that I should scarcely have taken notice of her , but for the numbers she had imperceptibly loaded with her chains . 11 Indolence , ( for so she was called , ) far from proceeding to open hostilities ...
... gentle and languid in her attempts , that I should scarcely have taken notice of her , but for the numbers she had imperceptibly loaded with her chains . 11 Indolence , ( for so she was called , ) far from proceeding to open hostilities ...
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... gentle fragrance of the primrose , eldest daughter of the spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was Danished from his heart . 3 Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon ...
... gentle fragrance of the primrose , eldest daughter of the spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was Danished from his heart . 3 Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon ...
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... gentle " wisdom which is from above , " with that artificial courtesy , that studied smoothness of manners , which is learned in the school of the world . Such accomplishments , the most frivolous and empty may possess . Too often they ...
... gentle " wisdom which is from above , " with that artificial courtesy , that studied smoothness of manners , which is learned in the school of the world . Such accomplishments , the most frivolous and empty may possess . Too often they ...
Page 91
... gentle mind , there is a charm infinitely more powerful , than in all the studied man- Lers of the most finished courtier . 9 True gentieness is founded on a sense of what we owe to HIM who made us , and to the common nature of which we ...
... gentle mind , there is a charm infinitely more powerful , than in all the studied man- Lers of the most finished courtier . 9 True gentieness is founded on a sense of what we owe to HIM who made us , and to the common nature of which we ...
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