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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... never possessed . Thou hast raised wishes , which indeed I am not worthy thou shouldst satisfy ; but why should it be thought , that he who was happy in obscurity and indigence , would not have been rendered more happy by eminence and ...
... never possessed . Thou hast raised wishes , which indeed I am not worthy thou shouldst satisfy ; but why should it be thought , that he who was happy in obscurity and indigence , would not have been rendered more happy by eminence and ...
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... never to repine at my own mis- fortunes , or to envy 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 ...
... never to repine at my own mis- fortunes , or to envy 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 ...
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... never forget thee , as the Author of nature ! May I never forget that I am thy creature and thy subject ? In this magnificent temple of the universe , where thou hast placed me , may I ever be thy faithful wor- shipper ; and may the ...
... never forget thee , as the Author of nature ! May I never forget that I am thy creature and thy subject ? In this magnificent temple of the universe , where thou hast placed me , may I ever be thy faithful wor- shipper ; and may the ...
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... never do it : that we shall grow old in ignorance , by neglecting the one ; and old in vice , by neglecting the other . For improvement in knowledge , youth is certainly the fittest season . The mind is then ready to receive any im ...
... never do it : that we shall grow old in ignorance , by neglecting the one ; and old in vice , by neglecting the other . For improvement in knowledge , youth is certainly the fittest season . The mind is then ready to receive any im ...
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... never equalled either before or since . It was composed of the most powerful nations of the East , and of people scarcely known to posterity , except by name . The remotest India contributed its supplies , while the coldest tracts of ...
... never equalled either before or since . It was composed of the most powerful nations of the East , and of people scarcely known to posterity , except by name . The remotest India contributed its supplies , while the coldest tracts of ...
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