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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Page xxxi
... lives . " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have con- tracted in the body habits of lust ' , and sensuality ' ; malice ' , and revenge ' ; an aversion to every thing that is good ' , ' just ' , and laudable ' , are naturally ...
... lives . " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have con- tracted in the body habits of lust ' , and sensuality ' ; malice ' , and revenge ' ; an aversion to every thing that is good ' , ' just ' , and laudable ' , are naturally ...
Page xxxiv
... Lives ' through all life " , extends ' through all extent , 66 ' Spreads ' undivided " , operates ' unspent . " Before the conclusion of this introduction , the Compiler takes the liberty to recommend to teachers , to exercise their ...
... Lives ' through all life " , extends ' through all extent , 66 ' Spreads ' undivided " , operates ' unspent . " Before the conclusion of this introduction , the Compiler takes the liberty to recommend to teachers , to exercise their ...
Page 9
... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
Page 31
... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich Eull of ...
... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich Eull of ...
Page 40
... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall remember ...
... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall remember ...
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