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Page 4
... affections is either feeble , or transient . A temperate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler ...
... affections is either feeble , or transient . A temperate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler ...
Page 18
... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to ...
... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to ...
Page 31
... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon ourselves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a worthy mind . Instead of sinking under trouble , and declaring ...
... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon ourselves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a worthy mind . Instead of sinking under trouble , and declaring ...
Page 36
... affection , had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the information of her advancement to the throne , was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
... affection , had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the information of her advancement to the throne , was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
Page 37
... affections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappointment , and mis- fortunes , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . 12 It had been intended to execute the lady Jane and lord Guilford ...
... affections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappointment , and mis- fortunes , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . 12 It had been intended to execute the lady Jane and lord Guilford ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.