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 ReadingIsaac Collins and Son, 1802 - 366 sider |
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Side xxix
... condition often adverse to virtue , 26 27 t Sect . 3 . Haman ; or the mifery of pride , 29 Sect . 4 . Sect . 5 . Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , Lady Jane Grey , • 31 34 Sect . 6. The hill of fcience , 39 Sect . 7 . The journey of ...
... condition often adverse to virtue , 26 27 t Sect . 3 . Haman ; or the mifery of pride , 29 Sect . 4 . Sect . 5 . Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , Lady Jane Grey , • 31 34 Sect . 6. The hill of fcience , 39 Sect . 7 . The journey of ...
Side 5
... condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property , diverfity of conditions , fubordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the temper , the ...
... condition of man . Society , when formed , requires diftinctions of property , diverfity of conditions , fubordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . That the temper , the ...
Side 11
... condition ! How many have had reafon to be thankful , for being disappointed in defigns which they earnestly purfued , but which , if fuccessfully accomplished , they have afterwards feen , would have occafioned their ruin ! What are ...
... condition ! How many have had reafon to be thankful , for being disappointed in defigns which they earnestly purfued , but which , if fuccessfully accomplished , they have afterwards feen , would have occafioned their ruin ! What are ...
Side 12
... condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest profperity add to fuch a ftate ! Will any future fituation ever make us happy , if now , with fo few caufes of grief , we ...
... condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest profperity add to fuch a ftate ! Will any future fituation ever make us happy , if now , with fo few caufes of grief , we ...
Side 13
... condition . We have obliged fome perfons : -very well ! - what would we have more ? Is not the confciouf- nefs of doing good , a fufficient reward ? Do not hurt yourfelves or others , by the purfuit of pleasure . Confult your whole ...
... condition . We have obliged fome perfons : -very well ! - what would we have more ? Is not the confciouf- nefs of doing good , a fufficient reward ? Do not hurt yourfelves or others , by the purfuit of pleasure . Confult your whole ...
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