The English Reader; Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingHarder, 1836 - 250 стор. |
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... since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . THE desire of improvement , discovers a Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c . Day A pastoral in three parts,
... since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . THE desire of improvement , discovers a Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c . Day A pastoral in three parts,
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... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It ...
... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It ...
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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 follies 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 follies always ...
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... wisdom in cunning , patience in sullenness and despair . • : 1 4 Men's passions operate variously , and appear in differ- ent kinds of actions , according as they are more or less recti- fied and swayed by reason . When one hears of ...
... wisdom in cunning , patience in sullenness and despair . • : 1 4 Men's passions operate variously , and appear in differ- ent kinds of actions , according as they are more or less recti- fied and swayed by reason . When one hears of ...
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... wisdom . IT is a sure indication of good sense , to be diffident of it . We then , and not till then , are growing wise , when we be- gin to discern how weak and unwise we are . An absolute perfection of understanding , is impossible ...
... wisdom . IT is a sure indication of good sense , to be diffident of it . We then , and not till then , are growing wise , when we be- gin to discern how weak and unwise we are . An absolute perfection of understanding , is impossible ...
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