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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... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged pa- rents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning , to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged pa- rents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning , to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
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... fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the grat- itude of those whom he obliges ; by the ... fortunes , and dignities , ] — I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own ...
... fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the grat- itude of those whom he obliges ; by the ... fortunes , and dignities , ] — I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own ...
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... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
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... fortune . Amidst all disadvantages of this kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ...
... fortune . Amidst all disadvantages of this kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ...
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... tongue , she exhorted her to maintain , in every fortune , a like steady perse- verance . On the day of her execution , her husband , Lord Guilford , desired permission to see her ; but 22 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... tongue , she exhorted her to maintain , in every fortune , a like steady perse- verance . On the day of her execution , her husband , Lord Guilford , desired permission to see her ; but 22 Part 1 . The English Reader .
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Page 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.