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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... enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away something from the value of his benefaction . And let him who proposes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night ...
... enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away something from the value of his benefaction . And let him who proposes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night ...
Page 12
... enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils . which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give " rest to them who labour and are heavy taden . " What a smiling aspect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
... enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils . which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give " rest to them who labour and are heavy taden . " What a smiling aspect does the love of parents and children , of brothers ...
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... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians ...
... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians ...
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... enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced ...
... enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced ...
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... enjoy any longer a happiness so terriblez By this device , Dionysius intimated to Damocles , how miserable he was in the midst of all his treasures ; and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow ...
... enjoy any longer a happiness so terriblez By this device , Dionysius intimated to Damocles , how miserable he was in the midst of all his treasures ; and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow ...
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