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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Page 58
... course , is far greater than what attends a course of well - doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we may be assured , that the world , whenever we try the ex- change , will lay upon us a much heavier load . 2. It is the ...
... course , is far greater than what attends a course of well - doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we may be assured , that the world , whenever we try the ex- change , will lay upon us a much heavier load . 2. It is the ...
Page 141
... course , and we shall find that gradually , as it rises , it taints the soundness , and troubles the peace , of his mind over whom it reigns ; that , in its progress , it engages him in pursuits which are marked either with danger or ...
... course , and we shall find that gradually , as it rises , it taints the soundness , and troubles the peace , of his mind over whom it reigns ; that , in its progress , it engages him in pursuits which are marked either with danger or ...
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... course of life which is the most excellent , and custom will render it the most delightful . " 6. Men , whose circumstances will permit them to choose their own way of life , are inexcusable if they do not pursue that which their ...
... course of life which is the most excellent , and custom will render it the most delightful . " 6. Men , whose circumstances will permit them to choose their own way of life , are inexcusable if they do not pursue that which their ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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