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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... glory and the wisdom of their Creator . - The earth happily adapted to the nature of man . 2. An eruption of mount Vesuvius , 3. Description of the preparations made by Xerxes , the Persian Monarch , for invad- ing Greece , 4. Character ...
... glory and the wisdom of their Creator . - The earth happily adapted to the nature of man . 2. An eruption of mount Vesuvius , 3. Description of the preparations made by Xerxes , the Persian Monarch , for invad- ing Greece , 4. Character ...
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... glory of his kingdom , and in the full vigour of his life , expired suddenly in the bath : such thou knowest was the desti- ny which the Almighty had written upon his head . " His son Aububekir , who succeeded to the throne , was ...
... glory of his kingdom , and in the full vigour of his life , expired suddenly in the bath : such thou knowest was the desti- ny which the Almighty had written upon his head . " His son Aububekir , who succeeded to the throne , was ...
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... glory , and the lifter - up of his head . In his deepest solitude and retirement , he knows that he is in company with the greatest of beings ; and per- ceives within himself , such real sensations of his pre- sence , as are more ...
... glory , and the lifter - up of his head . In his deepest solitude and retirement , he knows that he is in company with the greatest of beings ; and per- ceives within himself , such real sensations of his pre- sence , as are more ...
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... glory exposed to our admiring view ; did the angelic harmony sound in our enraptured ears ; what earthly concerns could have the power of engaging our attention for a single moment ? All the studies and pursuits , the arts and labours ...
... glory exposed to our admiring view ; did the angelic harmony sound in our enraptured ears ; what earthly concerns could have the power of engaging our attention for a single moment ? All the studies and pursuits , the arts and labours ...
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... glory , would be so far from improving the human soul , that it would abolish those virtues and duties , which are the great instruments of its improve- ment . It would be unsuitable to the character of man in every view , either as an ...
... glory , would be so far from improving the human soul , that it would abolish those virtues and duties , which are the great instruments of its improve- ment . It would be unsuitable to the character of man in every view , either as an ...
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