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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... thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -- Show thyself beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; CHAP . I. 11 ...
... thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -- Show thyself beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; CHAP . I. 11 ...
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... the plaintive and surviving David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . " Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , CHAP I. 18 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... the plaintive and surviving David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . " Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , CHAP I. 18 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . " The prince made inquiry ... thou mayst be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open ...
... thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . " The prince made inquiry ... thou mayst be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open ...
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... thou the God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its ...
... thou the God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its ...
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... thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal ...
... thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal ...
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