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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life ...
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... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
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... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus , has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus , has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
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... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought at capable of the savage actions which the prophet had men- etioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies : " But what ? is ...
... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought at capable of the savage actions which the prophet had men- etioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies : " But what ? is ...
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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.