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 Interest of Piety and VirtueCollins & Company, 1818 - 299 páginas |
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... SECTION I. Religion the foundation of content . An Allegory . OMAR , the hermit of the mountain Aubukabis , which rises in the east of Mecca , and overlooks the city , found one evening a man sitting pensive and alone , within a few ...
... SECTION I. Religion the foundation of content . An Allegory . OMAR , the hermit of the mountain Aubukabis , which rises in the east of Mecca , and overlooks the city , found one evening a man sitting pensive and alone , within a few ...
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... SECTION II . a a a The vision of Mirza ; exhibiting a picture of human life . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my , forefathers , I always keep holy , after having washed myself , and offered up my ...
... SECTION II . a a a The vision of Mirza ; exhibiting a picture of human life . On the fifth day of the moon , which , according to the custom of my , forefathers , I always keep holy , after having washed myself , and offered up my ...
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... SECTION III . Endeavours of mankind to get rid of their burdens ; : a dream . * It is a celebrated thought of Socrates , that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock , in order to be equally distributed among the ...
... SECTION III . Endeavours of mankind to get rid of their burdens ; : a dream . * It is a celebrated thought of Socrates , that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock , in order to be equally distributed among the ...
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... SECTION IV . The same subject continued . In my last paper I gave my reader a sight of that mountain of miseries , which was made up of those several calamities ܪ that afflict the minds of men . I saw Chap . 1 . 21 Narrative Pieces ...
... SECTION IV . The same subject continued . In my last paper I gave my reader a sight of that mountain of miseries , which was made up of those several calamities ܪ that afflict the minds of men . I saw Chap . 1 . 21 Narrative Pieces ...
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... SECTION VI . Religion and Superstition contrasted . A VISION . I had lately a very remarkable dream , which made so strong an impression on me , that I remember every word of it ; and if you are not better employed , you may read the ...
... SECTION VI . Religion and Superstition contrasted . A VISION . I had lately a very remarkable dream , which made so strong an impression on me , that I remember every word of it ; and if you are not better employed , you may read the ...
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