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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - Всего страниц: 254 |
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... bleffing , to be born in thofe parts of the world where wifdom and knowledge flourish ; though , it must be confeffed , there are , even in these parts , feveral poor uninftructed perfons who are but little above . the inhabitants of ...
... bleffing , to be born in thofe parts of the world where wifdom and knowledge flourish ; though , it must be confeffed , there are , even in these parts , feveral poor uninftructed perfons who are but little above . the inhabitants of ...
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... bleffing we enjoy , by what means foever it may be derived upon us , is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , natural- ly produces a very pleafing ...
... bleffing we enjoy , by what means foever it may be derived upon us , is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , natural- ly produces a very pleafing ...
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... bleffing of health and al- ways obferved the rules of virtue and fobriety ? Has he been moderate in his life , and temperate in all his pleafures ? If now he is only paying the price of his former , perhaps his forgotten indulgences ...
... bleffing of health and al- ways obferved the rules of virtue and fobriety ? Has he been moderate in his life , and temperate in all his pleafures ? If now he is only paying the price of his former , perhaps his forgotten indulgences ...
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... are apt to afcribe their fuccefs to their own diligence , rather than to his bleffing ; and in their adversity , r In their they impute their diftreffes to his providence , not to CHAP . IV . 61 ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES ,
... are apt to afcribe their fuccefs to their own diligence , rather than to his bleffing ; and in their adversity , r In their they impute their diftreffes to his providence , not to CHAP . IV . 61 ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES ,
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... bleffing , which every month brings along with it , is a fresh inftance of the wisdom and bounty of that Providence , which regu- lates the glories of the year . We glow as we contemplate ; we feel a propensity to adore , whilft we ...
... bleffing , which every month brings along with it , is a fresh inftance of the wisdom and bounty of that Providence , which regu- lates the glories of the year . We glow as we contemplate ; we feel a propensity to adore , whilft we ...
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