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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Her . And I think thou art too little moved by it . Thy mirth and ridicule , bespeak
the buffoon , rather than the phi . losopher . Does it not excite tv compassion , to
see mankind so frail , so blind , so far departed froin the rules of virtue . Dem .
Her . And I think thou art too little moved by it . Thy mirth and ridicule , bespeak
the buffoon , rather than the phi . losopher . Does it not excite tv compassion , to
see mankind so frail , so blind , so far departed froin the rules of virtue . Dem .
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One point is unquestionable ; that mankind are preposterous : to think right , and
to act well , we must think and act differently from them . To submit to the authority
, and follow the example of the greater part of men , would render us foolish and ...
One point is unquestionable ; that mankind are preposterous : to think right , and
to act well , we must think and act differently from them . To submit to the authority
, and follow the example of the greater part of men , would render us foolish and ...
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It would have been better for you and for mankind , if you had been one of the
dullest of Dutch theologiańs , or the most credulous monis in a Portuguese
convent . The riches of the mind , like those of fortune , may be employed so
perversely ...
It would have been better for you and for mankind , if you had been one of the
dullest of Dutch theologiańs , or the most credulous monis in a Portuguese
convent . The riches of the mind , like those of fortune , may be employed so
perversely ...
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... at the root of liberty , and sets mankind at defiance ? 18 I conclude with
expressing my hopes , that your wisdom and justice , Fathers , will not , by
suffering the atrocious and unexampled insolence of Caius Verres to escape due
punishment ...
... at the root of liberty , and sets mankind at defiance ? 18 I conclude with
expressing my hopes , that your wisdom and justice , Fathers , will not , by
suffering the atrocious and unexampled insolence of Caius Verres to escape due
punishment ...
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... above the rest of mankind . Their eminence , nevertheless , may not be of that
sort , before which we bow with inward esteem and respect . Something more is
wanted for that purpose , than the conquering arm , and the intrepid mind . i s - 2 .
... above the rest of mankind . Their eminence , nevertheless , may not be of that
sort , before which we bow with inward esteem and respect . Something more is
wanted for that purpose , than the conquering arm , and the intrepid mind . i s - 2 .
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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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