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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 pagini |
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... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty propor- tion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among ...
... enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty propor- tion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among ...
Pagina 63
... enjoy a train of good humour . neighbours , friends , spouse , and children , all , through the unrestrained violence of his temper , become sources of dis- turbance and vexation to him . In vain is affluence ; in vain are health and ...
... enjoy a train of good humour . neighbours , friends , spouse , and children , all , through the unrestrained violence of his temper , become sources of dis- turbance and vexation to him . In vain is affluence ; in vain are health and ...
Pagina 184
... enjoy . ATTACHMENT TO LIFE . The tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; ' Twas therefore said by ancient sages , That love of life increas'd with years , So much , that in our later stages , When pain ...
... enjoy . ATTACHMENT TO LIFE . The tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; ' Twas therefore said by ancient sages , That love of life increas'd with years , So much , that in our later stages , When pain ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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