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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... foul , 84 85 87 # 88 92 97 8s CHAPTER V. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . Sect . 1 . The feafons , 101 Sect . 2 . The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America , 103 · Sect . 3 . The grotto of Antiparos , 104 Sect . 4 . The grotto of ...
... foul , 84 85 87 # 88 92 97 8s CHAPTER V. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . Sect . 1 . The feafons , 101 Sect . 2 . The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America , 103 · Sect . 3 . The grotto of Antiparos , 104 Sect . 4 . The grotto of ...
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... foul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring difpofitions ; and refembles fome barbarous country , cantoned out into different prin- cipalities , which are continually waging war on one another . Difeafes , poverty ...
... foul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring difpofitions ; and refembles fome barbarous country , cantoned out into different prin- cipalities , which are continually waging war on one another . Difeafes , poverty ...
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... foul . SECTION X. WHENCE arifes the mifery of this present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our chan- ging feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing- to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution ...
... foul . SECTION X. WHENCE arifes the mifery of this present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our chan- ging feafons , and inclement fkies . It is not owing- to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal diftribution ...
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... foul is weary of life , " it becomes a wife and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his poft ; to bear up against the storm ; to have recourfe to thofe ad- vantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to ...
... foul is weary of life , " it becomes a wife and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his poft ; to bear up against the storm ; to have recourfe to thofe ad- vantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to ...
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... foul of Hazael ab- horred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Un- corrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatnefs , his indignation rofe at being thought capable of fuch favage actions , as the prophet had mentioned ; and , with ...
... foul of Hazael ab- horred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Un- corrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatnefs , his indignation rofe at being thought capable of fuch favage actions , as the prophet had mentioned ; and , with ...
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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