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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... pride , 24 4. Lady Jane Grey , 26 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , 30 6 The hill of science , 33 7. The journey of a day ; a picture of human life ,. 36 CHAPTER III . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The importance of a good education ...
... pride , 24 4. Lady Jane Grey , 26 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , 30 6 The hill of science , 33 7. The journey of a day ; a picture of human life ,. 36 CHAPTER III . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The importance of a good education ...
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... pride , • • 4. Cruelty to brutes censured , 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of St. Matthew , • · • 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue , • 243 243 244 245 246 . • 247 7. Reflections on a future ...
... pride , • • 4. Cruelty to brutes censured , 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of St. Matthew , • · • 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue , • 243 243 244 245 246 . • 247 7. Reflections on a future ...
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... pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , -as- ignorance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the present state is , reason and ...
... pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , -as- ignorance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the present state is , reason and ...
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... Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayst be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke ...
... Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayst be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke ...
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... , sloth produces poverty , pride creates dis- appointments , and dishonesty exposes to shame . The ungoverned passions of men betray them into thousand follies ; their follies into crimes ; and their CHAP . I. 17 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... , sloth produces poverty , pride creates dis- appointments , and dishonesty exposes to shame . The ungoverned passions of men betray them into thousand follies ; their follies into crimes ; and their CHAP . I. 17 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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