The English Reader; Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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If we look into the history of mankind , we shall find that , in every age , they , who
have been respected as worthy , or admired ... by their impotent shocks ; and with
generous pity , rather than with anger , looks down on their unworthy conduct .
If we look into the history of mankind , we shall find that , in every age , they , who
have been respected as worthy , or admired ... by their impotent shocks ; and with
generous pity , rather than with anger , looks down on their unworthy conduct .
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look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to
show it to our own bretbren ? 3 Let us also accustom ourselves to reflect on the
small moment of those things , which are the usual incentives to violence and ...
look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to
show it to our own bretbren ? 3 Let us also accustom ourselves to reflect on the
small moment of those things , which are the usual incentives to violence and ...
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To look upon the soul as going on from strength to strength ; to consider that she
is to shine forever with new accessions of glory and brighten to all eternity ; that
she will be still adding virtue to virtue , and knowledge to knowlege ; carries in it ...
To look upon the soul as going on from strength to strength ; to consider that she
is to shine forever with new accessions of glory and brighten to all eternity ; that
she will be still adding virtue to virtue , and knowledge to knowlege ; carries in it ...
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Without it , learning is pedantry , and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like
weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man ... Accordingly , if we look into
particular communities and divisions of men , we may ob serre , that it is the
discreet man ...
Without it , learning is pedantry , and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like
weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man ... Accordingly , if we look into
particular communities and divisions of men , we may ob serre , that it is the
discreet man ...
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5 From all this it follows , that in order to discern where man ' s true honour lies ,
we must look , pot to any adventitious circumstances of fortune ; not to any single
sparkling quality ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as ...
5 From all this it follows , that in order to discern where man ' s true honour lies ,
we must look , pot to any adventitious circumstances of fortune ; not to any single
sparkling quality ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as ...
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| Назва | The English Reader; Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
| Автор | Lindley Murray |
| Видавець | Harder, 1836 |
| Оригінал із | Нью-Йоркська публічна бібліотека |
| Оцифровано | 4 бер. 2009 |
| Обсяг | 250 стор. |
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