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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... toil and danger ; of whirlwinds which in a moment may bury him in the sand , and of thirst which the wealthy have given half their possessions to allay ? Do those on whom hereditary diamonds sparkle with unregarded lustre , gain from ...
... toil and danger ; of whirlwinds which in a moment may bury him in the sand , and of thirst which the wealthy have given half their possessions to allay ? Do those on whom hereditary diamonds sparkle with unregarded lustre , gain from ...
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... toiled through the valley was happy because he looked forward with hope . Thus , to the sojourner upon earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to ...
... toiled through the valley was happy because he looked forward with hope . Thus , to the sojourner upon earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to ...
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... toils of virtue , the mortifications of penitence , and the self - deny- ing exercises of saints and heroes ? " " The true enjoyments of a reasonable being , " answer- ed she mildly , " do not consist in unbounded indulgence , or ...
... toils of virtue , the mortifications of penitence , and the self - deny- ing exercises of saints and heroes ? " " The true enjoyments of a reasonable being , " answer- ed she mildly , " do not consist in unbounded indulgence , or ...
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... of their toil , is intended for our good . Nature and her whole family , are our obsequious servants , our ever - active labour- ers . They bring the fruits of their united industry 96 PART 1 . SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER .
... of their toil , is intended for our good . Nature and her whole family , are our obsequious servants , our ever - active labour- ers . They bring the fruits of their united industry 96 PART 1 . SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER .
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... toil of resistance , or the anguish of expectation . But such as had often fallen against the rocks of Pleasure , commonly subsided by sensi ble degrees ; contended long with the encroaching waters ; and harassed themselves by labours ...
... toil of resistance , or the anguish of expectation . But such as had often fallen against the rocks of Pleasure , commonly subsided by sensi ble degrees ; contended long with the encroaching waters ; and harassed themselves by labours ...
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