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Page 11
... earnest discourse . And the reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the sentiments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method INTRODUCTION . On contentment Character of Queen Elizabeth.
... earnest discourse . And the reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the sentiments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method INTRODUCTION . On contentment Character of Queen Elizabeth.
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... reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the ...
... reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the ...
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... reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and ...
... reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and ...
Page 23
... 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 reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs ...
... 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 reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs ...
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... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest ; and have nothing . I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vin . yard of the man void of understanding : and , lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; nettles had ...
... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest ; and have nothing . I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vin . yard of the man void of understanding : and , lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; nettles 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.