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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... spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station , they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to erinin deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
... spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station , they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to erinin deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
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... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the titude of those whom he obliges ; by the approbation ...
... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the titude of those whom he obliges ; by the approbation ...
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... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father ...
... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father ...
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... spring : all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart Thus he went on till the sun approached his meri- dian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength : he then looked round about him for some more ...
... spring : all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart Thus he went on till the sun approached his meri- dian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength : he then looked round about him for some more ...
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... spring of cer- tain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
... spring of cer- tain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
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