The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers ...Stereotyped, printed and published by H. and E. Phinney, 1829 - 252 pages |
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... envy ' , hatred , malice , anger ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse , and ...
... envy ' , hatred , malice , anger ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse , and ...
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... envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high ...
... envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high ...
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... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the ...
... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the ...
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... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
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... envy and admiration but his progress was unequal , and in- terrupted by a thousand caprices . 6 When Pleasure warbled in the valley , he mingled in her train . When Pride beckoned towards the precipice , he ven- tured to the tottering ...
... envy and admiration but his progress was unequal , and in- terrupted by a thousand caprices . 6 When Pleasure warbled in the valley , he mingled in her train . When Pride beckoned towards the precipice , he ven- tured to the tottering ...
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