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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... human life , 3. Endeavours of mankind to get rid of their burdens ; a dream , 4. The same subject continued , 5. The vision of Almet , 6. Religion and superstition contrasted . A vision , CHAPTER II . - DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1 ...
... human life , 3. Endeavours of mankind to get rid of their burdens ; a dream , 4. The same subject continued , 5. The vision of Almet , 6. Religion and superstition contrasted . A vision , CHAPTER II . - DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1 ...
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... human appro- bation for their chief object , 128 3. The 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 ...
... human appro- bation for their chief object , 128 3. The 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 ...
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... human pursuits , 240 5. An address to the Deity , 242 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 245 CHAPTER V ... human wishes , 10. The vanity of human wishes continued , APPENDIX , 250 253 257 259 263 269 • 275 280 • 288 293 299 ΤΟ ...
... human pursuits , 240 5. An address to the Deity , 242 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 245 CHAPTER V ... human wishes , 10. The vanity of human wishes continued , APPENDIX , 250 253 257 259 263 269 • 275 280 • 288 293 299 ΤΟ ...
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... HUMAN LIFE . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my forefathers , I always keep holy , after hav- ing washed myself , and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills of Bagdat , in order to ...
... HUMAN LIFE . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my forefathers , I always keep holy , after hav- ing washed myself , and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills of Bagdat , in order to ...
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... human life ; consi- der it attentively . Upon a more leisurely survey of it , I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches , with several broken arches , which added to those that were entire , made up the number about ...
... human life ; consi- der it attentively . Upon a more leisurely survey of it , I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches , with several broken arches , which added to those that were entire , made up the number about ...
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