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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... ment in which the caliph left me , I began to regret that my behaviour had intercepted his bounty ; and accused that cheerfulness of folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station ...
... ment in which the caliph left me , I began to regret that my behaviour had intercepted his bounty ; and accused that cheerfulness of folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station ...
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... ment ? All the studies and pursuits , the arts and labours , which now employ the activity of man , which suppport the order , or promote the happiness of society , would lie ne- glected and abandoned . Those desires and fears , those ...
... ment ? All the studies and pursuits , the arts and labours , which now employ the activity of man , which suppport the order , or promote the happiness of society , would lie ne- glected and abandoned . Those desires and fears , those ...
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... ment to man . His preparation for a better world required a gradual purification , carried on by steps of progressive dis- cipline . The situation , therefore , here assigned him , was such as to answer this design , by calling forth ...
... ment to man . His preparation for a better world required a gradual purification , carried on by steps of progressive dis- cipline . The situation , therefore , here assigned him , was such as to answer this design , by calling forth ...
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... works as volumi- nous as if he had enjoyed uninterrupted leisure and retire- ment . His natural intrepidity did not forsake him at the ap- proach of death . His last conversation with his friends 7 CHAP . IV . 73 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
... works as volumi- nous as if he had enjoyed uninterrupted leisure and retire- ment . His natural intrepidity did not forsake him at the ap- proach of death . His last conversation with his friends 7 CHAP . IV . 73 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
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... ment , when that which is mortal , dies ; when that which is mutable , begins to change ; and when that which he knew to be transient , passes away . All the principles which religion teaches , and all the ha- bits which it forms , are ...
... ment , when that which is mortal , dies ; when that which is mutable , begins to change ; and when that which he knew to be transient , passes away . All the principles which religion teaches , and all the ha- bits which it forms , are ...
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appear art thou ASPASIO attention beauty behold blessings busy CADMUS caliph Carazan character charms cheerfulness Christian Coriolanus creature danger death delight desire Divine duty e'en earth eminent endeavoured enjoyment eternity Eurystheus ev'ry evil eyes favour fear felicity folly glory Grongar Hill Habit hand happiness heart heaven Hellespont honour hope hour human idleness labour ligion live look Lord mankind MARCUS AURELIUS melancholy ment midst mind misery moral MOUNT VESUVIUS mountain nature never night o'er objects pass passions perpetual pleasure poet possessed pow'r present pride principles prospect Reason religion religious habits retreat rise scene Scythia SECTION Seged sentiments SERVIUS TULLIUS silent smile sorrow soul spirit spring paints sweet temper thee THERON thine things thou hast thought thro tion toil truth university of Edinburgh vanity Veturia vice virtue Volsci Volumnia whole wisdom wise wretched Xerxes youth