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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... deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . These pleasures may cut short our health and life . J He who is accustomed to turn aside from the CHAP I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . These pleasures may cut short our health and life . J He who is accustomed to turn aside from the CHAP I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , some times at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , some times at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
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... the old man , " I know thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the opposite mountain.34 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of CHAP . II . 31 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... the old man , " I know thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the opposite mountain.34 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of CHAP . II . 31 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
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... turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their progress ; and the purpose she could not force them to abandon , she persuaded them to delay . Her touch had a power like that of the torpedo , which withered ...
... turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their progress ; and the purpose she could not force them to abandon , she persuaded them to delay . Her touch had a power like that of the torpedo , which withered ...
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