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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... prefent work , as the title expreffes , aims at the at- tainment of three objects to improve youth in the art of reading to meliorate their language and fentiments ; and to inculcate fome of the noft important piles of piety and virtue ...
... prefent work , as the title expreffes , aims at the at- tainment of three objects to improve youth in the art of reading to meliorate their language and fentiments ; and to inculcate fome of the noft important piles of piety and virtue ...
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... prefent ' , nor things to come ; nor height ' , nor depth` ; nor any other creature ' , fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God . " " The reader who would wifh to fee a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these ...
... prefent ' , nor things to come ; nor height ' , nor depth` ; nor any other creature ' , fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God . " " The reader who would wifh to fee a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these ...
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... prefent ftate is , reafon and religion pro- nounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happi- nefs than mifery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property ...
... prefent ftate is , reafon and religion pro- nounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happi- nefs than mifery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property ...
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... prefent employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now bufied ? What is the ultimate fcope of our prefent purfuits and cares ? Can we juftify them to ourselves ! Are they likely to produce any thing ...
... prefent employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now bufied ? What is the ultimate fcope of our prefent purfuits and cares ? Can we juftify them to ourselves ! Are they likely to produce any thing ...
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... prefent world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution of the goods of for- tune . Amidst all disadvantages ...
... prefent world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution of the goods of for- tune . Amidst all disadvantages ...
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