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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... labours are not more oppressive to him , than the labour of attendance on courts and the great , labours of dress , the fatigue of amuse- ments , the very weight of idleness , frequently are to the rich . 6. In the mean time , all the ...
... labours are not more oppressive to him , than the labour of attendance on courts and the great , labours of dress , the fatigue of amuse- ments , the very weight of idleness , frequently are to the rich . 6. In the mean time , all the ...
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... labour ; of the crosses and disappointments of which your life has been doomed to be full Before you give too much ... labours , and honourable pursnits ? 7. Have not the consequences of some false ster , into which your passions , or ...
... labour ; of the crosses and disappointments of which your life has been doomed to be full Before you give too much ... labours , and honourable pursnits ? 7. Have not the consequences of some false ster , into which your passions , or ...
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... Labour and rest , as day and night , to men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight , inclines Our eye - lids . Other creatures all day long Rove idle unemployed , and less need rest ; Man hath ...
... Labour and rest , as day and night , to men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight , inclines Our eye - lids . Other creatures all day long Rove idle unemployed , and less need rest ; Man hath ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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