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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... and wisdom . ' I answered , ' Mock not thy servant , who is but a worm before thee ; life and death are in thy hand , and happiness and misery are the daughters of thy will . ' Hassan 8 PART I. SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER . Providence,'
... and wisdom . ' I answered , ' Mock not thy servant , who is but a worm before thee ; life and death are in thy hand , and happiness and misery are the daughters of thy will . ' Hassan 8 PART I. SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER . Providence,'
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... happiness , than by not tak ing them away : thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty ; and possessed of felicity which I can neither com- municate nor obtain . My influence over others , fills my bosom with perpetual solicitude ...
... happiness , than by not tak ing them away : thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty ; and possessed of felicity which I can neither com- municate nor obtain . My influence over others , fills my bosom with perpetual solicitude ...
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... happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not been writ . ten on the tablets of Providence ! I have travelled from Me- dina to Mecca ; but I cannot fly from myself . How dif ferent are the states in which I have been ...
... happiness to possess . Oh ! that for me this lesson had not been writ . ten on the tablets of Providence ! I have travelled from Me- dina to Mecca ; but I cannot fly from myself . How dif ferent are the states in which I have been ...
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... happier than the first . SECTION II . DR . HAWKESWORTH . THE VISION OF MIRZA ; EXHIBITING A PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my forefathers , I always keep holy , after hav- ing ...
... happier than the first . SECTION II . DR . HAWKESWORTH . THE VISION OF MIRZA ; EXHIBITING A PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my forefathers , I always keep holy , after hav- ing ...
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... happiness of another , since it is im- possible for any man to form a right judgment of his neigh- bour's sufferings ; for which reason also , I have determined never to think too lightly of another's complaints , but to re- gard the ...
... happiness of another , since it is im- possible for any man to form a right judgment of his neigh- bour's sufferings ; for which reason also , I have determined never to think too lightly of another's complaints , but to re- gard the ...
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