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... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meli- orate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meli- orate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
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... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let ...
... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition , casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goudness ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition , casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goudness ...
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... object of his resentment . The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a conductor is ...
... object of his resentment . The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a conductor is ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
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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.