The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJohnston & Stockton, 1835 - 252 pages |
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Page 94
... folly ? " " Who will assist him ? " " Where is the messenger ? " " When did he arrive ? " When two questions are united in one sentence , and connected by the conjunction or , the first takes the rising , the second the falling in ...
... folly ? " " Who will assist him ? " " Where is the messenger ? " " When did he arrive ? " When two questions are united in one sentence , and connected by the conjunction or , the first takes the rising , the second the falling in ...
Page 99
... folly , by passion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction , derives its efficacy , not ...
... folly , by passion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction , derives its efficacy , not ...
Page 124
... folly ; he now saw how happiness is iost , when ease is consulted ; he lamented the unmanly im- patience that prompted him to seek shelter in the grove ; and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to tri- de . While he ...
... folly ; he now saw how happiness is iost , when ease is consulted ; he lamented the unmanly im- patience that prompted him to seek shelter in the grove ; and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to tri- de . While he ...
Page 129
... folly , let us descend to our proper level . 2 Let us survey the natural equality on which Provi- dence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmi- ties common to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences ...
... folly , let us descend to our proper level . 2 Let us survey the natural equality on which Provi- dence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmi- ties common to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences ...
Page 141
... folly and levity of those with whom we are connected ; sometimes , by their indifference or neglect by the incivility of a friend , the haughtiness of a superiour , or the insolent behaviour of one in lower station . 3 Hardly a day ...
... folly and levity of those with whom we are connected ; sometimes , by their indifference or neglect by the incivility of a friend , the haughtiness of a superiour , or the insolent behaviour of one in lower station . 3 Hardly a day ...
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