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 Reading |
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... appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
... appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
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... appear every - where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
... appear every - where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
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... appear- ance . His cleanliness resulted from those ideas of order and decency , which governed all his actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his desire to preserve his mind free and tranquil . Eminently pleasing and ...
... appear- ance . His cleanliness resulted from those ideas of order and decency , which governed all his actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his desire to preserve his mind free and tranquil . Eminently pleasing and ...
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... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But by longer practice , these restraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its aid ...
... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But by longer practice , these restraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its aid ...
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... appear- ances unhappily blasted in the progress of life , merely through the influence of loose and corrupting pleasures ; and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the ...
... appear- ances unhappily blasted in the progress of life , merely through the influence of loose and corrupting pleasures ; and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the ...
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