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... pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observa ble in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to stand at too great a distance , when reading to ...
... pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observa ble in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to stand at too great a distance , when reading to ...
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... pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are excel- lent safeguards of the mind , in this uncertain and changing state . NOTE . In the first chapter , the compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of ...
... pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are excel- lent safeguards of the mind , in this uncertain and changing state . NOTE . In the first chapter , the compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of ...
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... pleasure than 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 ...
... pleasure than 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 ...
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... pleasures , are the chief temptations to crimina deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . He who is accustomed to turn aside ...
... pleasures , are the chief temptations to crimina deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained , may very possibly overwhelm us with unforeseen miseries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . He who is accustomed to turn aside ...
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... pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- enty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all de- rived from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered , by a change in their condition ' How many have had ...
... pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- enty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all de- rived from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered , by a change in their condition ' How many have had ...
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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.