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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 Seiten |
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... dangerous , not to say criminal ; and desired to remain in that private station in which she was born . 7. Overcome at ... danger could be apprehended . Warning was , therefore , given to lady Jane to prepare for death ; a doom which she ...
... dangerous , not to say criminal ; and desired to remain in that private station in which she was born . 7. Overcome at ... danger could be apprehended . Warning was , therefore , given to lady Jane to prepare for death ; a doom which she ...
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... danger of precipita ting us into much extravagance and folly . Desires and wishes are the first springs of action . When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likely to be tainted . 6. If we suffer our fancy to create to ...
... danger of precipita ting us into much extravagance and folly . Desires and wishes are the first springs of action . When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likely to be tainted . 6. If we suffer our fancy to create to ...
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... danger . 15. The rumbling sound of an approaching earthquake , which we by this time were grown acquainted with , alarm- ed us for the consequences : it every moment seemed to grow louder , and to approach nearer . The place on which we ...
... danger . 15. The rumbling sound of an approaching earthquake , which we by this time were grown acquainted with , alarm- ed us for the consequences : it every moment seemed to grow louder , and to approach nearer . The place on which we ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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Antiparos appear attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comforts cusations dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes fall father feel folly fortune Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground Haman hand happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace person pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise ROMAN SENATE scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words young youth