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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... whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ...
... whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ...
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... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human ...
... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human ...
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... whole nature . Consider your- selves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented ...
... whole nature . Consider your- selves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented ...
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... whole load of human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for ...
... whole load of human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for ...
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... whole character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a defect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper adjustment of the several principles of action in human nature , is a matter ...
... whole character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a defect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper adjustment of the several principles of action in human nature , is a matter ...
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