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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... truth from flattery . It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind , but it ne- cessarily requires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in or- der to give it any real value . Upon this solid ground only , the polish of ...
... truth from flattery . It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind , but it ne- cessarily requires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in or- der to give it any real value . Upon this solid ground only , the polish of ...
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... truths , of so much use to mankind , that they acknowledge me to have been their benefactor . Bayle . Their ignorance makes them think so . Some other philosopher will come hereafter , and show those truths to be falsehoods . He will ...
... truths , of so much use to mankind , that they acknowledge me to have been their benefactor . Bayle . Their ignorance makes them think so . Some other philosopher will come hereafter , and show those truths to be falsehoods . He will ...
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... truth , will ever fail ; or that , because the whims of fanatics , and the divinity of the schoolmen , cannot now be supported , the doctrines of that religion , which I , the declared enemy of all enthusiasm and false reasoning ...
... truth , will ever fail ; or that , because the whims of fanatics , and the divinity of the schoolmen , cannot now be supported , the doctrines of that religion , which I , the declared enemy of all enthusiasm and false reasoning ...
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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