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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... honour- able occupations of youth . Whatever useful or engaging endowments we possess , virtue is requisite , in order to their shining with proper lustre . Virtuous youth gradually brings forward accomplished and flourishing manhood ...
... honour- able occupations of youth . Whatever useful or engaging endowments we possess , virtue is requisite , in order to their shining with proper lustre . Virtuous youth gradually brings forward accomplished and flourishing manhood ...
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... was in the midst of all his treasures ; and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO . SECTION II . Change of external condition is often adverse 32 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... was in the midst of all his treasures ; and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO . SECTION II . Change of external condition is often adverse 32 Part 1 . The English Reader .
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... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that sevile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this gen ...
... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that sevile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this gen ...
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... honour swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack , seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride , has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
... honour swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack , seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride , has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric , which our ...
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... honour , than where religion and morality , are concerned . In times of prevailing licentiousness , to maintain unblemished virtue , and uncorrupted integrity , in a public or a private cause , to stand firm by what is fair and just ...
... honour , than where religion and morality , are concerned . In times of prevailing licentiousness , to maintain unblemished virtue , and uncorrupted integrity , in a public or a private cause , to stand firm by what is fair and just ...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Перегляд фрагмента - 1851 |
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affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort creatures dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune friendship give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's ness never night numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reason reigns religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet tears temper tempest tence thee things thought tion truth Tuning sweet twenty-third psalm vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth