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... tion may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the sober die tates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections is either ...
... tion may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the sober die tates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections is either ...
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... tion of the heart , which has not its peculiar tone , or note of the voice , by which it is to be expressed ; and which is suited exactly to the degree of internal feel ing It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life ...
... tion of the heart , which has not its peculiar tone , or note of the voice , by which it is to be expressed ; and which is suited exactly to the degree of internal feel ing It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life ...
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... 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 . That the temper , the sentiments ...
... 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 . That the temper , the sentiments ...
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... tion : he remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean ...
... tion : he remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean ...
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... tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude , surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11 Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he ...
... tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude , surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11 Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he ...
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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.