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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... Character of Martin Luther , 5. The good and bad man compared in the season of adversity , CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES . · $ 5 63 67 70 SECT . 1. Rome saved by female virtue , 2. Execution of Cranmer , Archbishop of Can- terbury , 3 ...
... Character of Martin Luther , 5. The good and bad man compared in the season of adversity , CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES . · $ 5 63 67 70 SECT . 1. Rome saved by female virtue , 2. Execution of Cranmer , Archbishop of Can- terbury , 3 ...
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... useful to man . An eastern narrative , 6. Character of the Great Founder of Christi- anity , · 7. The spirit and laws of Christianity superior to those of every other religion , Page SECT . 8. The vision of Carazan : Or CONTENTS.
... useful to man . An eastern narrative , 6. Character of the Great Founder of Christi- anity , · 7. The spirit and laws of Christianity superior to those of every other religion , Page SECT . 8. The vision of Carazan : Or CONTENTS.
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... character : and se- duces unhappy mortals to think us the same , till she , at length , drives them to the borders of DESPAIR , that dreadful abyss into which you were just going to sink . " Look round , and survey the various beauties ...
... character : and se- duces unhappy mortals to think us the same , till she , at length , drives them to the borders of DESPAIR , that dreadful abyss into which you were just going to sink . " Look round , and survey the various beauties ...
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... character of the ridiculous , and the contemptible : and there are also certain limits , beyond which , if it pass , it becomes odious and detestable . If , to other corruptions which the heart has already re- ceived , be added the ...
... character of the ridiculous , and the contemptible : and there are also certain limits , beyond which , if it pass , it becomes odious and detestable . If , to other corruptions which the heart has already re- ceived , be added the ...
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... characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers among the heathens , as well as among those who have been deservedly esteemed as saints and holy men among Christians . If we consider cherfulness in three lights ...
... characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers among the heathens , as well as among those who have been deservedly esteemed as saints and holy men among Christians . If we consider cherfulness in three lights ...
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