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... pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations , chiefly ver- bal , to adapt them the better to the design of his work .. INTRODUCTION . OBSERVATIONS ...
... pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations , chiefly ver- bal , to adapt them the better to the design of his work .. INTRODUCTION . OBSERVATIONS ...
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... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
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... pain and misery . " " I am persuaded , that neither death ' , nor life ; nor angels ' , nor principalities " nor powers ; nor things present ' , nor things to come ; nor height ' , nor depth nor any other creature ' , shall be able to ...
... pain and misery . " " I am persuaded , that neither death ' , nor life ; nor angels ' , nor principalities " nor powers ; nor things present ' , nor things to come ; nor height ' , nor depth nor any other creature ' , shall be able to ...
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... pain , in the condi- tion of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a mul- tiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the ...
... pain , in the condi- tion of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a mul- tiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the ...
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... pains and sorrows is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not attend only to mournful truths : if we look impar- tially about us , we shall find , that every day han likewise ite pleasures and its joys ...
... pains and sorrows is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not attend only to mournful truths : if we look impar- tially about us , we shall find , that every day han likewise ite pleasures and its joys ...
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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.