The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.S. Pratt, 1851 - 311 Seiten |
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... honour as to render their names illustrious through succeeding ages , have been eminent for fortitude of mind . Of this we have one conspicuous example in the apostle Paul , whom it will be instructive for us to view in a remarkable ...
... honour as to render their names illustrious through succeeding ages , have been eminent for fortitude of mind . Of this we have one conspicuous example in the apostle Paul , whom it will be instructive for us to view in a remarkable ...
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... honour . Now is the seed - time of life ; and according to " what you sow , you shall reap . " Your character is now , under Divine Assistance , of your own forming ; your fate , is in some mea sure , put into your own hands . 13 Your ...
... honour . Now is the seed - time of life ; and according to " what you sow , you shall reap . " Your character is now , under Divine Assistance , of your own forming ; your fate , is in some mea sure , put into your own hands . 13 Your ...
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... honour lies , we must look , not to any adventitious circumstances of fortune ; not to any single sparkling quali ty ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as such , to rank high among that class of beings to which ...
... honour lies , we must look , not to any adventitious circumstances of fortune ; not to any single sparkling quali ty ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as such , to rank high among that class of beings to which ...
Inhalt
No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy | 2 |
The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue | 10 |
The seasons | 78 |
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affections Alexander Selkirk Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing breast Caius Verres character cheerful comfort death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoyment eternal ev'ry evil father favour fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n HERACLITUS honour hope human indulgent Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's never night noble numbers Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reason religion render rest riches rise scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smile solitude sorrow soul sound spirit spring superiour sweet tears temper tempest thee things thought thro tion truth Tuning sweet vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth