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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... pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all de- rived from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered , by a change in their condition ! How many have had ...
... pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all de- rived from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered , by a change in their condition ! How many have had ...
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... pleasure which naturally accompanies those actions to which we are habituated , but with those supernumerary joys of heart , that rise from the consciousness of such a pleasure ; from the satisfaction of acting up to the dictates of ...
... pleasure which naturally accompanies those actions to which we are habituated , but with those supernumerary joys of heart , that rise from the consciousness of such a pleasure ; from the satisfaction of acting up to the dictates of ...
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... pleasure and benefit of an improved and well - directed imagination . OH ! blest of Heaven , whomnot the languid ... pleasure , unreprov'd . Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure -208 Part 2 The English Reader .
... pleasure and benefit of an improved and well - directed imagination . OH ! blest of Heaven , whomnot the languid ... pleasure , unreprov'd . Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure -208 Part 2 The English Reader .
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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