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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4 He speaks , and his mandate is obeyed ; he wishes , and his wish is gratified ;
all , whom he sees , obey him , and all , whom he hears , flatter him . How
different , o Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments
of ...
4 He speaks , and his mandate is obeyed ; he wishes , and his wish is gratified ;
all , whom he sees , obey him , and all , whom he hears , flatter him . How
different , o Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments
of ...
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We then look back upon our lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and
wish , but tou oftea vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . 18
Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy ex . ample , not to despair ; but
...
We then look back upon our lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and
wish , but tou oftea vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . 18
Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy ex . ample , not to despair ; but
...
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SECTION XIV Moderation in our wishes recommended . THE active mind of ...
Sensible of deficiency in its state , it is ever sending forth the fond desire , the
aspiring wish , af . ter something beyond what is enjoyed at present . 2 Hence ,
that ...
SECTION XIV Moderation in our wishes recommended . THE active mind of ...
Sensible of deficiency in its state , it is ever sending forth the fond desire , the
aspiring wish , af . ter something beyond what is enjoyed at present . 2 Hence ,
that ...
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... tude of satisfaction , which they expected to acqnire . Together with every wish
that is gratified , a now demand arises . One void operis in the heart , as another
is filled . On wishes wishes grow ; and to the end , it is rather the expectation of ...
... tude of satisfaction , which they expected to acqnire . Together with every wish
that is gratified , a now demand arises . One void operis in the heart , as another
is filled . On wishes wishes grow ; and to the end , it is rather the expectation of ...
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Resignation . And Oh ! by errour ' s force subdu ' d , Since oft my stubborn will
Prepost ' rous shuns the latent good , And grasps the specious ill , Not to my wish
, but to my want , Do thou thy gifts apply ; Unask ' d , what good thou knowest
grant ...
Resignation . And Oh ! by errour ' s force subdu ' d , Since oft my stubborn will
Prepost ' rous shuns the latent good , And grasps the specious ill , Not to my wish
, but to my want , Do thou thy gifts apply ; Unask ' d , what good thou knowest
grant ...
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