The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments and to Inculate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue, with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... folly ? " " Who will assist him ? " " Where is the messenger ' ? " " Wher did he arrive ? " When two questions are united in one sentence , and connected by the con unction or , the first takes the rising , the second the falling ...
... folly ? " " Who will assist him ? " " Where is the messenger ' ? " " Wher did he arrive ? " When two questions are united in one sentence , and connected by the con unction or , the first takes the rising , the second the falling ...
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... folly , by passion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not ...
... folly , by passion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not ...
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... folly ; he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is consulted ; he lamented the unmanly impa tience that prompted him to seek shelter in the despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he was thus ...
... folly ; he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is consulted ; he lamented the unmanly impa tience that prompted him to seek shelter in the despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he was thus ...
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... folly , let us descend to our proper level . 2 Let us survey the natural equality on which Providence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmities com- mon to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences ...
... folly , let us descend to our proper level . 2 Let us survey the natural equality on which Providence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmities com- mon to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences ...
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... folly and levity of those with whom we are connected ; sometimes , by their indifference or neglect ; by the incivility of a friend , the haughtiness of a superior , or the Insolert behaviour of one in lower station . 3 Hardly a day ...
... folly and levity of those with whom we are connected ; sometimes , by their indifference or neglect ; by the incivility of a friend , the haughtiness of a superior , or the Insolert behaviour of one in lower station . 3 Hardly a day ...
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