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 VirtueJohn S. Taylor, 1844 - 358 páginas |
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... folly and misery of idleness , 132 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great im- portance , • 138 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , • 6. Character of The Great Founder of ...
... folly and misery of idleness , 132 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great im- portance , • 138 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , • 6. Character of The Great Founder of ...
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... Folly of human pursuits , 240 5. An address to the Deity , 242 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 245 CHAPTER V. - PROMISCUOUS PIECES . SECT . 1. Hymn to contentment , 2. An elegy written in a country church - yard , 3. Ode to ...
... Folly of human pursuits , 240 5. An address to the Deity , 242 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 245 CHAPTER V. - PROMISCUOUS PIECES . SECT . 1. Hymn to contentment , 2. An elegy written in a country church - yard , 3. Ode to ...
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... folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station , which my former insensibility had perpetuated . I neglected my labour , because I despised the reward ; I spent the day in idleness ...
... folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station , which my former insensibility had perpetuated . I neglected my labour , because I despised the reward ; I spent the day in idleness ...
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... folly thrown into the whole heap ; at which I was very much as . tonished , having concluded within myself , that every one would take this opportunity of getting rid of his passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in ...
... folly thrown into the whole heap ; at which I was very much as . tonished , having concluded within myself , that every one would take this opportunity of getting rid of his passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in ...
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... folly ! In the habits of perpetual connection with idle or li centious company , all reflection is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart , to another , folly shoots up into all its most ridiculous forms ...
... folly ! In the habits of perpetual connection with idle or li centious company , all reflection is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart , to another , folly shoots up into all its most ridiculous forms ...
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