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 remained some time silent ; then fetch . ing a deep sigh , he looked up at the SEQUEL -PIECES IN PROSE CHAPTER NARRATIVE PIECES Religion the foundation of content An allegory, A summer evening's meditation, 7 Cheerfulness,
... , and remained some time silent ; then fetch . ing a deep sigh , he looked up at the SEQUEL -PIECES IN PROSE CHAPTER NARRATIVE PIECES Religion the foundation of content An allegory, A summer evening's meditation, 7 Cheerfulness,
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... desirous to speak , but unwilling to offend . The dervise , after a short silence , advanced , and saluting him with the calm dignity which independence confers upon humility CHAP . I. 23 NARRATIVE PIECES . The vision of Almet,
... desirous to speak , but unwilling to offend . The dervise , after a short silence , advanced , and saluting him with the calm dignity which independence confers upon humility CHAP . I. 23 NARRATIVE PIECES . The vision of Almet,
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... silent . “ Almet , ” said he , " thou hast devoted thy life to meditation , that thy counsel might deliver ignorance from the mazes of error , and deter presumption from the precipice of guilt ; but the book of nature thou hast read ...
... silent . “ Almet , ” said he , " thou hast devoted thy life to meditation , that thy counsel might deliver ignorance from the mazes of error , and deter presumption from the precipice of guilt ; but the book of nature thou hast read ...
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... silent re- signation , his ready accommodation of his thoughts and beha . viour to its inscrutable ways , is at once the most excellent sort of self - denial , and a source of the most exalted transports . Society is the true sphere of ...
... silent re- signation , his ready accommodation of his thoughts and beha . viour to its inscrutable ways , is at once the most excellent sort of self - denial , and a source of the most exalted transports . Society is the true sphere of ...
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... silent magnificence is all this per- formed ! with what seeming ease ! The works of art are ex- erted with interrupted force ; and their noisy progress dis- covers the obstructions they receive ; but the earth , with a silent , steady ...
... silent magnificence is all this per- formed ! with what seeming ease ! The works of art are ex- erted with interrupted force ; and their noisy progress dis- covers the obstructions they receive ; but the earth , with a silent , steady ...
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