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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... misery of idleness , 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great importance , - 124 129 · 133 139 · 144 · 149 151 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , 6. Character of the Great ...
... misery of idleness , 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great importance , - 124 129 · 133 139 · 144 · 149 151 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , 6. Character of the Great ...
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... misery are the daughters of thy will . " " Hassan , " he replied , " I can no otherwise give life and happiness , than by not taking them away : thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty ; and pos- sessed of felicity which I can ...
... misery are the daughters of thy will . " " Hassan , " he replied , " I can no otherwise give life and happiness , than by not taking them away : thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty ; and pos- sessed of felicity which I can ...
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... misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not been written on the tablets of Pro- vidence ! I have travelled from Medina to Mecca ; but I cannot fly from myself . How different are the ...
... misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not been written on the tablets of Pro- vidence ! I have travelled from Medina to Mecca ; but I cannot fly from myself . How different are the ...
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... misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest , is part of the great tide of eternity . What is the reason , said I , that the tide I see , rises out of a thick mist at one end , and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ...
... misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest , is part of the great tide of eternity . What is the reason , said I , that the tide I see , rises out of a thick mist at one end , and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ...
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... misery and mortality ! tortured in life , and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me , bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect . Look no more , said he , on man in the first stage of his existence , in ...
... misery and mortality ! tortured in life , and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me , bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect . Look no more , said he , on man in the first stage of his existence , in ...
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