The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingM'Carty & Davis, 1826 - 316 стор. |
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... wisdom , 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time , 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples , Pag ? 45 46 47 49 50 · 59 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of vir- tue , · 11. On contentment ...
... wisdom , 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time , 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples , Pag ? 45 46 47 49 50 · 59 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of vir- tue , · 11. On contentment ...
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... a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . Pleasure THE desire of improvement discovers a THE ENGLISH READER . PART I.
... a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . Pleasure THE desire of improvement discovers a THE ENGLISH READER . PART I.
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... wisdom . Length of days is in her right - hand ; and in her left - hand , riches and honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It ...
... wisdom . Length of days is in her right - hand ; and in her left - hand , riches and honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It ...
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... wisdom and virtue rendered her ng example to her sex . But it was her lot to continue only a short period on this stage of being ; for , .. in early life , she fell a sacrifice to the wild ambition of the duke of Northumberland ; who ...
... wisdom and virtue rendered her ng example to her sex . But it was her lot to continue only a short period on this stage of being ; for , .. in early life , she fell a sacrifice to the wild ambition of the duke of Northumberland ; who ...
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... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own faults and follics always ...
... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own faults and follics always ...
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