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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... which ( to ufe the language of a Reviewer refpecting them ) " will eminently conduce to pure religion and morality , and to the acquifition of a correct and elegant style . " INTRODUCTION THE " English Reader " has been so favourably.
... which ( to ufe the language of a Reviewer refpecting them ) " will eminently conduce to pure religion and morality , and to the acquifition of a correct and elegant style . " INTRODUCTION THE " English Reader " has been so favourably.
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... morals of youth ; its materials are taken from the most correct and elegant writers : and as the pieces are generally more extended , and contain a greater va- riety of style and composition , it is presumed that it forms a proper ...
... morals of youth ; its materials are taken from the most correct and elegant writers : and as the pieces are generally more extended , and contain a greater va- riety of style and composition , it is presumed that it forms a proper ...
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... morals . In " The Sequel , " as well as in " The English Reader , " several pieces are introduced , which in a striking manner display the beauty and excellence of the Christian religion . Extracts of this kind , if fre- quently ...
... morals . In " The Sequel , " as well as in " The English Reader , " several pieces are introduced , which in a striking manner display the beauty and excellence of the Christian religion . Extracts of this kind , if fre- quently ...
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... morality to be drawn out of this vision , I learned from it never to repine at my own misfortunes , or to envy the happiness of ar other , since it is impossible for any man to form a right judgment of his neighbour's sufferings ; for ...
... morality to be drawn out of this vision , I learned from it never to repine at my own misfortunes , or to envy the happiness of ar other , since it is impossible for any man to form a right judgment of his neighbour's sufferings ; for ...
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... morals . This , in a licentious state of society , is the most common source of those vices and disor- ders which so much abound in great cities ; and often proves , in a particular manner , fatal to the young ; even to them whose ...
... morals . This , in a licentious state of society , is the most common source of those vices and disor- ders which so much abound in great cities ; and often proves , in a particular manner , fatal to the young ; even to them whose ...
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