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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... rise with new health , cheerfulness , and vigour , I dreamed of splendid habits and a numerous retinue , of gardens , palaces , feasting , and pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illu sions that had vanished . My health was at ...
... rise with new health , cheerfulness , and vigour , I dreamed of splendid habits and a numerous retinue , of gardens , palaces , feasting , and pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illu sions that had vanished . My health was at ...
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... rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying glass in one of her hands , and was clothed in a loose flowing robe , embroidered with several ...
... rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying glass in one of her hands , and was clothed in a loose flowing robe , embroidered with several ...
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... rise incessantly from lower degrees of happiness to higher . They have each faculties assigned them for various orders of delights . " " What ! " cried I , " is this the language of RELIGION ? Does she lead her votaries through flowery ...
... rise incessantly from lower degrees of happiness to higher . They have each faculties assigned them for various orders of delights . " " What ! " cried I , " is this the language of RELIGION ? Does she lead her votaries through flowery ...
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... rising emotions of awe and gratitude call forth from your souls such sentiments as these : " Lord , wherever I am , and whatever I enjoy , may I never forget thee , as the Author of nature ! May I never forget that I am thy creature and ...
... rising emotions of awe and gratitude call forth from your souls such sentiments as these : " Lord , wherever I am , and whatever I enjoy , may I never forget thee , as the Author of nature ! May I never forget that I am thy creature and ...
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... rise to society ; and society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of condi- tions , subordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupa tions , in order to advance the general good . The services of the poor ...
... rise to society ; and society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of condi- tions , subordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupa tions , in order to advance the general good . The services of the poor ...
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