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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... evil that an elementary work which has met with univerfal approba- tion , paffed through twenty - eight editions , been adopted as the stand- ard in our Colleges , which has coft the author years of reflection to bring into fyftem and ...
... evil that an elementary work which has met with univerfal approba- tion , paffed through twenty - eight editions , been adopted as the stand- ard in our Colleges , which has coft the author years of reflection to bring into fyftem and ...
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... evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which I cannot remove , I may at least enable thee to sustain . " Hassan fixed his eyes upon the ground , and remained some time silent ; then fetch- ing a deep sigh , he looked up ...
... evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which I cannot remove , I may at least enable thee to sustain . " Hassan fixed his eyes upon the ground , and remained some time silent ; then fetch- ing a deep sigh , he looked up ...
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... evil hath befallen thee ? " " I was Speak , and if I can remove it , thou art happy . ' now encouraged to look up , and I replied , " Let my lord forgive the presumption of his servant , who rather I am than utter a falsehood , would be ...
... evil hath befallen thee ? " " I was Speak , and if I can remove it , thou art happy . ' now encouraged to look up , and I replied , " Let my lord forgive the presumption of his servant , who rather I am than utter a falsehood , would be ...
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... evil becomes more supportable by our being accustomed to it , I shall not determine . I could not for my heart forbear pitying the poor hump - backed gentleman , mentioned in the former pa- per , who went off a very well - shaped person ...
... evil becomes more supportable by our being accustomed to it , I shall not determine . I could not for my heart forbear pitying the poor hump - backed gentleman , mentioned in the former pa- per , who went off a very well - shaped person ...
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... evil communications " gradually undermine , and at last de- stroy " good morals . " It is indeed disagreeable to contemplate human nature , in this downward course of its progress . But it is always profitable to know our own ...
... evil communications " gradually undermine , and at last de- stroy " good morals . " It is indeed disagreeable to contemplate human nature , in this downward course of its progress . But it is always profitable to know our own ...
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