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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... thine eye compassionates thou canst not deliver . " " To de liver thee , " said Omar , " belongs to HIM only from whom we should receive with humility both good and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which I cannot ...
... thine eye compassionates thou canst not deliver . " " To de liver thee , " said Omar , " belongs to HIM only from whom we should receive with humility both good and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the burden which I cannot ...
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... thine own hand ; and what can have made thee sad , the spring of whose joy was in thy own bosom ? What evil hath befallen thee ? Speak , and if I can remove it , thou art happy . ' I was now encouraged to look up , and I replied , ' Let ...
... thine own hand ; and what can have made thee sad , the spring of whose joy was in thy own bosom ? What evil hath befallen thee ? Speak , and if I can remove it , thou art happy . ' I was now encouraged to look up , and I replied , ' Let ...
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... thine eyes off the bridge , said he , and tell me if thou seest any thing thou dost not comprehend . Upon looking up , What mean , said I , those great flights of birds that are per- petually hovering about the bridge , and setting upon ...
... thine eyes off the bridge , said he , and tell me if thou seest any thing thou dost not comprehend . Upon looking up , What mean , said I , those great flights of birds that are per- petually hovering about the bridge , and setting upon ...
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... thine eye , or even thine imagination can ex- tend itself . These are the mansions of good men after death , who , according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled , are distributed among these several islands , which ...
... thine eye , or even thine imagination can ex- tend itself . These are the mansions of good men after death , who , according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled , are distributed among these several islands , which ...
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... thine . Thou hast sought felicity in temporal things ; and therefore thou art dis- appointed . Let not instruction be lost upon thee ; but go thy way , let thy flock clothe the naked , and thy table feed the hungry ; deliver the poor ...
... thine . Thou hast sought felicity in temporal things ; and therefore thou art dis- appointed . Let not instruction be lost upon thee ; but go thy way , let thy flock clothe the naked , and thy table feed the hungry ; deliver the poor ...
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