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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... death , [ as was really the case ] to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in consequence of his transgres- sion ; on that supposition the third line would be read , " Brought death into the world , " & c ...
... death , [ as was really the case ] to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in consequence of his transgres- sion ; on that supposition the third line would be read , " Brought death into the world , " & c ...
Page xx
... death , nor life ; nor angels , nor principalities , nor powers ; nor things present , nor things to come ; nor height , nor depth ; nor any other creature , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would ...
... death , nor life ; nor angels , nor principalities , nor powers ; nor things present , nor things to come ; nor height , nor depth ; nor any other creature , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would ...
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... death . If we would judge whether a man is really happy , it is not solely to his houses and lands , to his equipage and his retinue , we are to look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart ...
... death . If we would judge whether a man is really happy , it is not solely to his houses and lands , to his equipage and his retinue , we are to look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart ...
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... death ! where is thy sting ? O grave where is thy victory . " SECTION VII . AGESILAUS , King of Sparta , being asked , " What things be thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they ...
... death ! where is thy sting ? O grave where is thy victory . " SECTION VII . AGESILAUS , King of Sparta , being asked , " What things be thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they ...
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... death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most prosperous days , the same frugality to which he had been accustomed in early lite . He was frequently reproached , by the courtiers ...
... death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most prosperous days , the same frugality to which he had been accustomed in early lite . He was frequently reproached , by the courtiers ...
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