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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... Archbishop of Cambray . SECTION II . Dionysius , Pythias , and Damon . Genuine virtue commands respect , even from the bad . Dionysius . AMAZING ! What do I see ? It is Pythias just arrived . It is indeed Pythias . I did not think it ...
... Archbishop of Cambray . SECTION II . Dionysius , Pythias , and Damon . Genuine virtue commands respect , even from the bad . Dionysius . AMAZING ! What do I see ? It is Pythias just arrived . It is indeed Pythias . I did not think it ...
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... Archbishop of Cambray SECTION III . Locke and Bayle . Christianity defended against the cavils of scepticism Bayle . YES , we both were philosophers ; but my philosophy was the deepest . You dogmatized ; I doubt- ed . Locke . Do you ...
... Archbishop of Cambray SECTION III . Locke and Bayle . Christianity defended against the cavils of scepticism Bayle . YES , we both were philosophers ; but my philosophy was the deepest . You dogmatized ; I doubt- ed . Locke . Do you ...
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Page 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.