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Page 10
... spirit of the sentiments which he is to pronounce , For to lay the emphasis with exact propriety , is a constant exercise of good sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most decisive ...
... spirit of the sentiments which he is to pronounce , For to lay the emphasis with exact propriety , is a constant exercise of good sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most decisive ...
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... spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the va- riety of tones belonging to the different passions and emotions . We shall , how- ever , select one ...
... spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the va- riety of tones belonging to the different passions and emotions . We shall , how- ever , select one ...
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... spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body habits of lust ' and sensuality` ; malice ' , and revenge ; an aversion to every thing that is good` , just` , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and prepared for pain ...
... spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body habits of lust ' and sensuality` ; malice ' , and revenge ; an aversion to every thing that is good` , just` , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and prepared for pain ...
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... 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 construction , and in all the ...
... 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 construction , and in all the ...
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... spirit . Patience , by preserving composure within , resists the m- pression which trouble makes from without . Compassionate affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart ...
... spirit . Patience , by preserving composure within , resists the m- pression which trouble makes from without . Compassionate affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart ...
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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.