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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... raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Elizabeth . At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young ; a season of life very unequal to ...
... raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Elizabeth . At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young ; a season of life very unequal to ...
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... raised his eyes , and saw the chief vizier , who having returned from the divan , was en- tering his palace . Ortogrul mingled with the attendants ; and being supposed to have some petition for the vizier , was permitted to enter . He ...
... raised his eyes , and saw the chief vizier , who having returned from the divan , was en- tering his palace . Ortogrul mingled with the attendants ; and being supposed to have some petition for the vizier , was permitted to enter . He ...
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... raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier ; to which he invited all the ministers of pleas- ure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of ...
... raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier ; to which he invited all the ministers of pleas- ure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of ...
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... raise thee to emi- nence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " . While Virtue was thus speaking , I stretched out my arms towards her , with a vehemence which broke my slumber . The chill dews were falling around me , and the ...
... raise thee to emi- nence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " . While Virtue was thus speaking , I stretched out my arms towards her , with a vehemence which broke my slumber . The chill dews were falling around me , and the ...
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... raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of our species ; that we should not put them upon the common foot of humanity ; that we should not only set ...
... raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of our species ; that we should not put them upon the common foot of humanity ; that we should not only set ...
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Page 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.