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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... reft ; nor fo powerful , as to af ford us conftant protection . The house of feafting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the interval between them . It is of great importance to us , to ...
... reft ; nor fo powerful , as to af ford us conftant protection . The house of feafting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the interval between them . It is of great importance to us , to ...
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... reft to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling afpect does the love of parents and children , of brothers and fifters , of friends and relations , give to every surrounding object , and every returning day ! With what a ...
... reft to them who labour and are heavy laden . " What a smiling afpect does the love of parents and children , of brothers and fifters , of friends and relations , give to every surrounding object , and every returning day ! With what a ...
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... reft of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and upon his admiring the fingularity of her choice , fhe told him , that the " received more pleafure from that . author , than the others could reap from all their ...
... reft of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and upon his admiring the fingularity of her choice , fhe told him , that the " received more pleafure from that . author , than the others could reap from all their ...
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... morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indoftan . He was fresh and 1 vigorous with reft ; he was animated with hope Chap . II . 43 Narrative Pieces . Sect 7 The journey of a day; a picture of human life,
... morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indoftan . He was fresh and 1 vigorous with reft ; he was animated with hope Chap . II . 43 Narrative Pieces . Sect 7 The journey of a day; a picture of human life,
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... reft ; he was animated with hope ; he was incited by defire ; he walked fwiftly for- ward over the vallies , and faw the hills gradually rifing before him . As he paffed along , his ears were delighted with the morning fong of the bird ...
... reft ; he was animated with hope ; he was incited by defire ; he walked fwiftly for- ward over the vallies , and faw the hills gradually rifing before him . As he paffed along , his ears were delighted with the morning fong of the bird ...
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