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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 65
... objects for which it was made . Happy , if these latent remains of our primitive state , served to direct our wishes towards their proper destination , and to lead us into the path of true bliss ! 3. But in this dark and bewildered ...
... objects for which it was made . Happy , if these latent remains of our primitive state , served to direct our wishes towards their proper destination , and to lead us into the path of true bliss ! 3. But in this dark and bewildered ...
الصفحة 68
... objects at the same time . If we are careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This imperfection which we observe in ourselves , is an imperfection that cleaves , in some degree , to creatures of the highest ...
... objects at the same time . If we are careful to inspect some things , we must of course neglect others . This imperfection which we observe in ourselves , is an imperfection that cleaves , in some degree , to creatures of the highest ...
الصفحة 140
... objects ; and next , that even when their direction is just , and their objects are innocent , they perpetually tend to run into excess ; they always hurry us towards their gratifi cation , with a blind and dangerous impetuosity . 2. On ...
... objects ; and next , that even when their direction is just , and their objects are innocent , they perpetually tend to run into excess ; they always hurry us towards their gratifi cation , with a blind and dangerous impetuosity . 2. On ...
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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