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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 pages |
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Page 7
... look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him . The book is well written ; and I have perused it with pleasure and profit . It shows , first ...
... look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him . The book is well written ; and I have perused it with pleasure and profit . It shows , first ...
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... look for , in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ! Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few cases of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
... look for , in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ! Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few cases of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
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... 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 all . " I will restore thy daughter again ...
... 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 all . " I will restore thy daughter again ...
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... look impartially about us , we shall find that every day has likewise its pleasures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The author of all good nourishes much piety and virtue in hearts that ae nknown ...
... look impartially about us , we shall find that every day has likewise its pleasures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The author of all good nourishes much piety and virtue in hearts that ae nknown ...
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... look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure , multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourned ; many ap- parently in a better situation of life , pining away in secret ...
... look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure , multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourned ; many ap- parently in a better situation of life , pining away in secret ...
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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.