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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... king of England , . ter of queen Elizabeth , 12. The slavery of vice , 13. The man of integrity , 14. Gentleness , · • 89 90 91 93 94 95 96 98 100 · 101 CHAPTER VI . PATHETIC PIECES . SECT . 1. Trial and execution of the earl of ...
... king of England , . ter of queen Elizabeth , 12. The slavery of vice , 13. The man of integrity , 14. Gentleness , · • 89 90 91 93 94 95 96 98 100 · 101 CHAPTER VI . PATHETIC PIECES . SECT . 1. Trial and execution of the earl of ...
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... king Pyrrhus , who attempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great sum of money , 206 25. Character of James I. king of England , • 207 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany , resigns his do- 209 27. The same subject ...
... king Pyrrhus , who attempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great sum of money , 206 25. Character of James I. king of England , • 207 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany , resigns his do- 209 27. The same subject ...
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... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a ...
... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a ...
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... king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal banquet should be prepared , and a ...
... king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal banquet should be prepared , and a ...
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... king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concern- ing the issue of a distemper which ...
... king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concern- ing the issue of a distemper which ...
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