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 78
... soul , there is one drawn from the per- petual progress of the soul to its perfection , without a possi- bility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not re- member to have seen opened and improved by others , who have ...
... soul , there is one drawn from the per- petual progress of the soul to its perfection , without a possi- bility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not re- member to have seen opened and improved by others , who have ...
Page 79
... soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as perfect as he him- self now is ; nay , when she shall look down upon that de- gree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it ...
... soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as perfect as he him- self now is ; nay , when she shall look down upon that de- gree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it ...
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... soul ! When earth's in bloom , or planets proudly shine , Adore , my heart , the Majesty divine ! 4. Grant I may ever at the morning ray , Open with pray'r the consecrated day ; Tune thy great praise , and bid my soul arise , And with ...
... soul ! When earth's in bloom , or planets proudly shine , Adore , my heart , the Majesty divine ! 4. Grant I may ever at the morning ray , Open with pray'r the consecrated day ; Tune thy great praise , and bid my soul arise , And with ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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