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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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure as of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often becomes ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure as of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often becomes ...
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... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and cor- rupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barna ...
... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and cor- rupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barna ...
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... never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
... never mourned . " The prince made enquiry after such persons ; but found the inquiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
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... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him- self ...
... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him- self ...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected From the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley 1745-1826 1n Murray No preview available - 2021 |
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