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 64
... present impatience and dis- turbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not , then , antici- pate this hour of calmness to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? 8. If others have behaved improperly ...
... present impatience and dis- turbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not , then , antici- pate this hour of calmness to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? 8. If others have behaved improperly ...
Page 125
... present . Formerly , we were not that great commercial nation we are at present ; nor formerly were merchants and manufacturers members of parliament as at present . The case is now very different ; both merchants and manufacturers are ...
... present . Formerly , we were not that great commercial nation we are at present ; nor formerly were merchants and manufacturers members of parliament as at present . The case is now very different ; both merchants and manufacturers are ...
Page 234
... present hour . 11. To be resign'd when ills betide , Patient when favours are denied , And pleas'd with favours ... PRESENT STATE OF MAN . 1. HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fate ; All but the page prescribed , their present ...
... present hour . 11. To be resign'd when ills betide , Patient when favours are denied , And pleas'd with favours ... PRESENT STATE OF MAN . 1. HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fate ; All but the page prescribed , their present ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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