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 xiv
... , Brought death into the world , " & c . But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgreffion xiv INTRODUCTION .
... , Brought death into the world , " & c . But if we were to fuppofe , that mankind knew there was fuch an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their tranfgreffion xiv INTRODUCTION .
Side xxv
... evil fpirits , who , by long cuftom , have con- " tracted in the body habits of luft ' and fenfuality ' ; malice * " and revenge ' ; an averfion to every thing that is good ' , " juft ' , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and ...
... evil fpirits , who , by long cuftom , have con- " tracted in the body habits of luft ' and fenfuality ' ; malice * " and revenge ' ; an averfion to every thing that is good ' , " juft ' , and laudable ' , are naturally seasoned and ...
Side 3
... evil , should correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fucceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy . ' ! The beft preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity , confifts ...
... evil , should correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fucceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy . ' ! The beft preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity , confifts ...
Side 12
... evil lies in the ftate of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no altera- tion of circumftances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young ...
... evil lies in the ftate of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no altera- tion of circumftances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young ...
Side 23
... evil . Familiarife not yourselves with it , in the flightest instances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every reprehenfion of conscience ; and preferve the moft quick and accurate fenfibili- ty to right and wrong . If ever your ...
... evil . Familiarife not yourselves with it , in the flightest instances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every reprehenfion of conscience ; and preferve the moft quick and accurate fenfibili- ty to right and wrong . If ever your ...
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