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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... • 31. Confidence in Divine Protection , a hymn composed during sickness , 308 22. Hymn on a review of the seasons , 309 23. On solitude , • 311 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS WORK , From the English Edition . xlii . CONTENTS .
... • 31. Confidence in Divine Protection , a hymn composed during sickness , 308 22. Hymn on a review of the seasons , 309 23. On solitude , • 311 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS WORK , From the English Edition . xlii . CONTENTS .
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... Divine Mercy would be favourable to his soul : and that if her fault deserved punishment , her youth , at least , and her imprudence , were worthy of excuse ; and that God and posterity , she trusted , would show her favour . " On the ...
... Divine Mercy would be favourable to his soul : and that if her fault deserved punishment , her youth , at least , and her imprudence , were worthy of excuse ; and that God and posterity , she trusted , would show her favour . " On the ...
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... divine authority , to enforce the duty of forgiveness . Let him who has never in his life done wrong , be allowed the privilege of remaining inexor- able . But let such as are conscious of frailties and crimes , consider forgiveness as ...
... divine authority , to enforce the duty of forgiveness . Let him who has never in his life done wrong , be allowed the privilege of remaining inexor- able . But let such as are conscious of frailties and crimes , consider forgiveness as ...
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... Divine Nature . We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the same time . If we are careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This imperfection which we observe in our- selves , is an imperfection ...
... Divine Nature . We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the same time . If we are careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This imperfection which we observe in our- selves , is an imperfection ...
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... Divine works and govern- ment , there arrived a period , in which this earth was to be called into existence . When the signal moment , predestined from all eternity , was come , the Deity arose in his might , and with a word created ...
... Divine works and govern- ment , there arrived a period , in which this earth was to be called into existence . When the signal moment , predestined from all eternity , was come , the Deity arose in his might , and with a word created ...
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