The English Reader Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... feel . 9. He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of ...
... feel . 9. He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of ...
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... feel- ing , heightened and improved by principle . It is the heart which easily relents ; which feels for every thing that is human ; and is backward and slow to inflict the least wound . 10. It is affable in its address , and mild in ...
... feel- ing , heightened and improved by principle . It is the heart which easily relents ; which feels for every thing that is human ; and is backward and slow to inflict the least wound . 10. It is affable in its address , and mild in ...
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... Feels not the wants that pinch the poor , Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door , Imbitt'ring all his state . The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'ry blast ; the loftiest tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground . The bolts that ...
... Feels not the wants that pinch the poor , Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door , Imbitt'ring all his state . The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'ry blast ; the loftiest tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground . The bolts that ...
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of future felicity | 80 |
Cicero against Verres | 91 |
An address to young persons | 100 |
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