The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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Page xiv
... , Brought death into the world , " & c . But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgreffion xiv INTRODUCTION .
... , Brought death into the world , " & c . But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgreffion xiv INTRODUCTION .
Page xxv
... evil fpirits , who , by long cuftom , have con- " tracted in the body habits of luft ' and fenfuality ' ; malice * " and revenge ' ; an averfion to every thing that is good ' , " juft ' , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and ...
... evil fpirits , who , by long cuftom , have con- " tracted in the body habits of luft ' and fenfuality ' ; malice * " and revenge ' ; an averfion to every thing that is good ' , " juft ' , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and ...
Page xxxii
... evils which flow from unrestrain- · On the proper ftate of our temper , with respect to one another , Excellence of the Christian religion , Reflections occafioned by a review of the bleffings , pronounced by Christ on his difciples ...
... evils which flow from unrestrain- · On the proper ftate of our temper , with respect to one another , Excellence of the Christian religion , Reflections occafioned by a review of the bleffings , pronounced by Christ on his difciples ...
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... evil , should correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fucceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy . ' ! The beft preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity , confifts ...
... evil , should correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fucceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy . ' ! The beft preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity , confifts ...
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... evils , or expecting from it greater advantages than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt paffions , there is a ftrong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is adopted into our family , it feldom quits us until it has ...
... evils , or expecting from it greater advantages than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt paffions , there is a ftrong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is adopted into our family , it feldom quits us until it has ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffed caufe cauſe confider courfe defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs emphafis evils eyes fafe faid fame fatisfaction fcene fecret feemed felves fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labour laft laſt lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent proper Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft religion rife Sect SECTION ſhall ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife