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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... , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to THE ENGLI I READER , PART I.
... , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of undisturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to THE ENGLI I READER , PART I.
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... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character with an ...
... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character with an ...
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... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and an- der it with inconsiderate profusion . While they complain ...
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and an- der it with inconsiderate profusion . While they complain ...
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... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour , of ...
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour , of ...
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... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not possible . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this - If I seek an interest of my own detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and which ...
... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not possible . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this - If I seek an interest of my own detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and which ...
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