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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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and with out any extraordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge ...
... never to utter a greater quantity of voice , than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and with out any extraordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge ...
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , 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 ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , 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 ...
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... rise to cravings which are never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . We have seen the husbandman scattering his 10 PART I : THE ENGLISH READER .
... rise to cravings which are never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . We have seen the husbandman scattering his 10 PART I : THE ENGLISH READER .
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... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like city that is broken down , and without walls . a A soft ...
... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like city that is broken down , and without walls . a A soft ...
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... Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the slightest instances , without fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of conscience , and preserve the most quick and ...
... Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the slightest instances , without fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of conscience , and preserve the most quick and ...
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