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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... spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station , they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when ...
... spring from our pas- sions . Every age , and every station , they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when ...
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... springs up , is gather- ed into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the grat- itude of those whom he obliges ; by the ...
... springs up , is gather- ed into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the grat- itude of those whom he obliges ; by the ...
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... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be laborers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father ...
... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be laborers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father ...
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... spring all his senses were gratified , and all care was banish- ed from his heart . Thus he went on till the sun had approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength he then looked round about him for some more ...
... spring all his senses were gratified , and all care was banish- ed from his heart . Thus he went on till the sun had approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength he then looked round about him for some more ...
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... spring of cer- tain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses , Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them suct . Let his eaution be ...
... spring of cer- tain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses , Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them suct . Let his eaution be ...
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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.