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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... folly and misery of idleness , 114 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great importance , 119 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , 123 6. Character of the Great Founder of ...
... folly and misery of idleness , 114 4. The choice of our situation in life , a point of great importance , 119 5. No life pleasing to God , that is not useful to man . An eastern narrative , 123 6. Character of the Great Founder of ...
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... Folly of human pursuits , 5. An address to the Deity , 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 197 200 202 203 204 206 CHAPTER V. - PROMISCUOUS PIECES . Sect . 1. Hymn to contentment , 2. An elegy written in a country church - yard ...
... Folly of human pursuits , 5. An address to the Deity , 6. A monody on the death of lady Lyttelton , 197 200 202 203 204 206 CHAPTER V. - PROMISCUOUS PIECES . Sect . 1. Hymn to contentment , 2. An elegy written in a country church - yard ...
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... folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station , which my former insensibility had perpetuated . I neglected my labour , because I despised the reward ; I spent the day in idleness ...
... folly which was the concomitant of poverty and labour . I now repined at the obscurity of my station , which my former insensibility had perpetuated . I neglected my labour , because I despised the reward ; I spent the day in idleness ...
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... folly thrown into the whole heap ; at which I was very much astonished , having concluded within myself , that every one would take this opportunity of getting rid of his passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in ...
... folly thrown into the whole heap ; at which I was very much astonished , having concluded within myself , that every one would take this opportunity of getting rid of his passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in ...
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... folly ! In the habits of perpetual connexion with idle or li . centious company , all reflection is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart , to another , a ; а folly shoots up into all its most ...
... folly ! In the habits of perpetual connexion with idle or li . centious company , all reflection is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart , to another , a ; а folly shoots up into all its most ...
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