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... youth - of such as peculiarly need lights to guide them , and encouragements to excite them , when defective or erroneous , are more pernicious than any others ; for they prove either false guides , which lead their readers astray , or ...
... youth - of such as peculiarly need lights to guide them , and encouragements to excite them , when defective or erroneous , are more pernicious than any others ; for they prove either false guides , which lead their readers astray , or ...
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... youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet— But hark ! -That heavy sound breaks in once more , As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer , clearer , deadlier than before ! Arm ! Arm ! it is - it is ...
... youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet— But hark ! -That heavy sound breaks in once more , As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer , clearer , deadlier than before ! Arm ! Arm ! it is - it is ...
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... youth is pur- suing , should be made plain , easy , and inviting . From the lips of an eloquent teacher , instructions drop like honey from the comb . They flow as clear as the pebbled brook . They fall like sweet musick on the ...
... youth is pur- suing , should be made plain , easy , and inviting . From the lips of an eloquent teacher , instructions drop like honey from the comb . They flow as clear as the pebbled brook . They fall like sweet musick on the ...
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... youth ' , we seldom have any respect for it in age ' . Remark - In this last example , that " we have no regard for religion in youth , " is entirely supposititious ; but in the fol- lowing construction , that fact is conceded , and the ...
... youth ' , we seldom have any respect for it in age ' . Remark - In this last example , that " we have no regard for religion in youth , " is entirely supposititious ; but in the fol- lowing construction , that fact is conceded , and the ...
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... youth , and that the deficien- cies of the present day , will be supplied by the morrow ' , attend to the history of Rasselas ' , prince of Abyssinia . Example . The Brigantines ' , even under a female leader ' , had force enough to ...
... youth , and that the deficien- cies of the present day , will be supplied by the morrow ' , attend to the history of Rasselas ' , prince of Abyssinia . Example . The Brigantines ' , even under a female leader ' , had force enough to ...
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