Sequel to the English Reader : Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry: Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading, to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interests of Piety and VirtueCollins & Company, 1817 - 364 páginas |
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... habits , Page · 44 · 49 · 53 3. The truth of Christianity proved , from the conversion of the Apostle Paul , · CHAPTER IV . - 69 57 60 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . SECT . 1. The heavens and the earth show the glory and the wisdom of their ...
... habits , Page · 44 · 49 · 53 3. The truth of Christianity proved , from the conversion of the Apostle Paul , · CHAPTER IV . - 69 57 60 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . SECT . 1. The heavens and the earth show the glory and the wisdom of their ...
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... habit was that of a pil- grim , I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power ; and my cheerfulness was rather increased than restrained by his presence . After he had accepted some coffee , he asked me many ...
... habit was that of a pil- grim , I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power ; and my cheerfulness was rather increased than restrained by his presence . After he had accepted some coffee , he asked me many ...
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... habits and a numerous retinue , of gardens , palaces , feasting , and pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illusions that had van- ished . My health was at length impaired by the in- quietude of my mind ; I sold all my moveables for ...
... habits and a numerous retinue , of gardens , palaces , feasting , and pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illusions that had van- ished . My health was at length impaired by the in- quietude of my mind ; I sold all my moveables for ...
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... habits of luxury , and all the sensibility of pride . Oh ! let not thy heart despise me , thou whom experience has not taught , that it is misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not ...
... habits of luxury , and all the sensibility of pride . Oh ! let not thy heart despise me , thou whom experience has not taught , that it is misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not ...
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... habit of a shepherd , but who was in reality a being of superior nature . I drew near with profound reverence , and fell down at his feet . The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability , that familiarized him to my ...
... habit of a shepherd , but who was in reality a being of superior nature . I drew near with profound reverence , and fell down at his feet . The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability , that familiarized him to my ...
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