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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... charms of youth and beauty appeared in all her form ; effulgent glories sparkled in her eyes , and their awful splendours were softened by the gentlest looks of compassion and peace . At her approach , the frightful spectre , who had ...
... charms of youth and beauty appeared in all her form ; effulgent glories sparkled in her eyes , and their awful splendours were softened by the gentlest looks of compassion and peace . At her approach , the frightful spectre , who had ...
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... charm of beauty : whereas , to other creatures , they are destitute of all those attractions , which result from a combination of the loveliest colours , and the most alluring forms . Yonder streams , that glide with smooth serenity ...
... charm of beauty : whereas , to other creatures , they are destitute of all those attractions , which result from a combination of the loveliest colours , and the most alluring forms . Yonder streams , that glide with smooth serenity ...
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... charm can be broken . Did men employ that retreat , not in carrying on the delusion which the world has begun , not in forming plans of imaginary bliss , but in subjecting the happiness which the world affords to a strict discussion ...
... charm can be broken . Did men employ that retreat , not in carrying on the delusion which the world has begun , not in forming plans of imaginary bliss , but in subjecting the happiness which the world affords to a strict discussion ...
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... charms success in our bright region find , And force an angel down to calm thy mind ; For this commission'd , I forsook the sky , Nay , cease to kneel — thy fellow - servant I. Then know the truth of government Divine , And let these ...
... charms success in our bright region find , And force an angel down to calm thy mind ; For this commission'd , I forsook the sky , Nay , cease to kneel — thy fellow - servant I. Then know the truth of government Divine , And let these ...
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... charm , The traveller a miry country sees , And journeys sad beneath the dropping trees . Like some deluded peasant Merlin leads Thro ' fragrant bow'rs , and thro ' delicious meads ; While here enchanting gardens to him rise , And airy ...
... charm , The traveller a miry country sees , And journeys sad beneath the dropping trees . Like some deluded peasant Merlin leads Thro ' fragrant bow'rs , and thro ' delicious meads ; While here enchanting gardens to him rise , And airy ...
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