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Page 6
... stand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instruct- ers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a INTRODUCTION ...
... stand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instruct- ers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a INTRODUCTION ...
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... stand the test of near approach and strict examination . The value of any possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the ...
... stand the test of near approach and strict examination . The value of any possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the ...
Page 19
... reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION II HE desire of improvement , discover a liberal Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c .
... reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION II HE desire of improvement , discover a liberal Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c .
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... standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! de O n The hope of future happiness , is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports ...
... standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! de O n The hope of future happiness , is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports ...
Page 38
... stand- ers , in which the mildness of her disposition led her to take the blame entirely on herself , without uttering one complaint against the severity with which she had been treated . 16 She said , that her offence was , not that ...
... stand- ers , in which the mildness of her disposition led her to take the blame entirely on herself , without uttering one complaint against the severity with which she had been treated . 16 She said , that her offence was , not that ...
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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.