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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... wretch whom thine eye compassionates thou canst not deliver . " " To deliver thee , " said Omar , " belongs to HIM only from whom we should receive with humility both good and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which ...
... wretch whom thine eye compassionates thou canst not deliver . " " To deliver thee , " said Omar , " belongs to HIM only from whom we should receive with humility both good and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which ...
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... of his servant , who rather I am than utter a falsehood , would be dumb for ever . become wretched by the loss of that which I never possessed . Thou hast raised wishes , which indeed I Sequel to the English Reader . Part 1 .
... of his servant , who rather I am than utter a falsehood , would be dumb for ever . become wretched by the loss of that which I never possessed . Thou hast raised wishes , which indeed I Sequel to the English Reader . Part 1 .
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... , whose utmost hope is disappointed , must inevitably be wretched . If thy supreme desire had been the delights of paradise , and thou had be- lieved that , by the tenour of thy life , 6 Part 1 . Sequel to the English Reader .
... , whose utmost hope is disappointed , must inevitably be wretched . If thy supreme desire had been the delights of paradise , and thou had be- lieved that , by the tenour of thy life , 6 Part 1 . Sequel to the English Reader .
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... Wretched mortals , said I , to what purpose are you busy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens of Egypt and the silks of Persia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder ...
... Wretched mortals , said I , to what purpose are you busy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens of Egypt and the silks of Persia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder ...
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... wretch who seeks them in the mine ; who lives excluded from the common bounties of nature ; to whom even the vicis ... wretched who bestow , how vain a dream is the life of man ! And if there is , indeed , such difference in the value ...
... wretch who seeks them in the mine ; who lives excluded from the common bounties of nature ; to whom even the vicis ... wretched who bestow , how vain a dream is the life of man ! And if there is , indeed , such difference in the value ...
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