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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Page 63
... soul , there is one drawn from the perpetual prog- ress of the soul to its perfection , without a possibility of ever ar- riving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others , who have ...
... soul , there is one drawn from the perpetual prog- ress of the soul to its perfection , without a possibility of ever ar- riving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others , who have ...
Page 64
... soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it . It ...
... soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it . It ...
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... soul to thee . Reign o'er my will ; my passions ebb and flow At thy command , nor human motive know ! If anger boil , let anger be my praise , And sin the graceful indignation raise . My love be warm to succour the distress'd , And lift ...
... soul to thee . Reign o'er my will ; my passions ebb and flow At thy command , nor human motive know ! If anger boil , let anger be my praise , And sin the graceful indignation raise . My love be warm to succour the distress'd , And lift ...
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of future felicity | 80 |
Cicero against Verres | 91 |
An address to young persons | 100 |
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