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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... toil and danger ; of whirlwinds which in a moment may bury him in the sand , and of thirst which the wealthy have given half their possessions to allay ? Do those on whom heredi- tary diamonds sparkle with unregarded lustre , gain from ...
... toil and danger ; of whirlwinds which in a moment may bury him in the sand , and of thirst which the wealthy have given half their possessions to allay ? Do those on whom heredi- tary diamonds sparkle with unregarded lustre , gain from ...
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... toiled through the valley was happy , because he looked for- ward with hope . Thus , to the sojourner upon earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to ...
... toiled through the valley was happy , because he looked for- ward with hope . Thus , to the sojourner upon earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to ...
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... toils of virtue , the mortifications of penitents , and the self - denying exercises of saints and heroes ? " " The true enjoyments of a reasonable being , " an- swered she mildly , " do not consist in unbounded in- dulgence , or ...
... toils of virtue , the mortifications of penitents , and the self - denying exercises of saints and heroes ? " " The true enjoyments of a reasonable being , " an- swered she mildly , " do not consist in unbounded in- dulgence , or ...
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... toil , is intended for our good . Nature and her whole family , are our obsequious servants , our ever - active labourers . They bring the fruits of their united industry , and pour them into our lap , or deposit them in our store ...
... toil , is intended for our good . Nature and her whole family , are our obsequious servants , our ever - active labourers . They bring the fruits of their united industry , and pour them into our lap , or deposit them in our store ...
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... toil of resistance , or the anguish of expec- tation . But such as had often fallen against the rocks of Pleasure , commonly subsided by sensible degrees ; contended long with the encroaching waters ; and ha- rassed themselves by ...
... toil of resistance , or the anguish of expec- tation . But such as had often fallen against the rocks of Pleasure , commonly subsided by sensible degrees ; contended long with the encroaching waters ; and ha- rassed themselves by ...
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