English ReaderB. Olds, 1840 - 258 стор. |
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... less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue our selves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to him selí , he is also heard with pain by his audience . Let us ...
... less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue our selves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to him selí , he is also heard with pain by his audience . Let us ...
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... less degree of importance of the words upon which it operates ; and there may be very properly some variety in the use of it : but its applica- tion is not arbitrary , depending on the caprice of readers . As emphasis often falls on ...
... less degree of importance of the words upon which it operates ; and there may be very properly some variety in the use of it : but its applica- tion is not arbitrary , depending on the caprice of readers . As emphasis often falls on ...
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... less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his temper , and finally oversets his vir- tue ? What ...
... less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his temper , and finally oversets his vir- tue ? What ...
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... less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I ...
... less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I ...
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... less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary discipline . Unsatisfactory as it is , its pleasures are still too apt to corrupt our hearts . How fatal then must the consequences have been , had it yielded us more complete enjoyment ...
... less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary discipline . Unsatisfactory as it is , its pleasures are still too apt to corrupt our hearts . How fatal then must the consequences have been , had it yielded us more complete enjoyment ...
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