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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 pages |
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... human species . " " He who resigns the world has no temptation to 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 ...
... human species . " " He who resigns the world has no temptation to 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 ...
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... human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not ostentation and vanity , direct the train of your pursuits . To maintain a steady and unbroken wind , amidst all the shocks of the world ...
... human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not ostentation and vanity , direct the train of your pursuits . To maintain a steady and unbroken wind , amidst all the shocks of the world ...
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... human nature . Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in mislead- ing the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the ...
... human nature . Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , bigotry , and prejudice , have in mislead- ing the opinions of the multitude . Mixed as the ...
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... human life ; without either loading it with imaginary evils , or expecting from it greater advanta- ges than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is ...
... human life ; without either loading it with imaginary evils , or expecting from it greater advanta- ges than it is able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is ...
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... human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condi- as tion . We have obliged some persons : -very well ! what would we have more ? Is not the consciousness of doing good , a sufficient reward ? Do not hurt yourselves or ...
... human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condi- as tion . We have obliged some persons : -very well ! what would we have more ? Is not the consciousness of doing good , a sufficient reward ? Do not hurt yourselves or ...
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