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 141
... perfection , and but a common share of others , he may do what he pleases in his particular station of life . At the same time that I think discretion the most usetal talent a man can be master of , I look upon cunning to be the ...
... perfection , and but a common share of others , he may do what he pleases in his particular station of life . At the same time that I think discretion the most usetal talent a man can be master of , I look upon cunning to be the ...
Page 142
... perfection of reason ; and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate in- terest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good ...
... perfection of reason ; and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate in- terest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good ...
Page 165
... perfection , which are to make us happy in the next . The seeds of those spiritual joys and raptures , which are to rise up and flourish in the soul to all eternity , must be planted in it during this its present state of probation , In ...
... perfection , which are to make us happy in the next . The seeds of those spiritual joys and raptures , which are to rise up and flourish in the soul to all eternity , must be planted in it during this its present state of probation , In ...
Page 176
... beings which are of a superior nature to him ; since there is infinitely greater space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man , than between man and 176 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... beings which are of a superior nature to him ; since there is infinitely greater space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man , than between man and 176 Part 1 . The English Reader .
Page 177
... perfection as his fa- ther , and the highest order of spirits as his brethren , may in another respect , say to " corruption , thou art my father , and to the worm , thou art my mother and my sister 39 ADDISON . SECTION XXI . Trust in ...
... perfection as his fa- ther , and the highest order of spirits as his brethren , may in another respect , say to " corruption , thou art my father , and to the worm , thou art my mother and my sister 39 ADDISON . SECTION XXI . Trust in ...
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