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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... blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples , in his ser- mon on the mount , • 10. Schemes of life often illusory , 11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility , 12. On the true honour of man , • • 172 • 174 .. 176 179 13. The ...
... blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples , in his ser- mon on the mount , • 10. Schemes of life often illusory , 11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility , 12. On the true honour of man , • • 172 • 174 .. 176 179 13. The ...
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... blessings in disguise . NOTE . In the first chapter , the Compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of construction , and in all the diversity of punctua- tion . If well practised upon , he presumes they will fully prepare the ...
... blessings in disguise . NOTE . In the first chapter , the Compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of construction , and in all the diversity of punctua- tion . If well practised upon , he presumes they will fully prepare the ...
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... and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is to store 20 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
... and those very persons , who promised once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is to store 20 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
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... bless the hermit in his cell . I have a temple in every heart that owns my influence ; and to him that wishes for me , I am already present . Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! While Virtue was ...
... bless the hermit in his cell . I have a temple in every heart that owns my influence ; and to him that wishes for me , I am already present . Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! While Virtue was ...
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... blessing , to be born in those parts of the world , where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though it must be confessed there are , even in these parts , several poor uninstructed persons , who are but little above the inhabitants of ...
... blessing , to be born in those parts of the world , where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though it must be confessed there are , even in these parts , several poor uninstructed persons , who are but little above the inhabitants of ...
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