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 xxxi
... King of England , Sect . 11. Character of Queen Elizabeth , Sect . 12. On the slavery of vice , Page 110 112 113 115 116 119 121 122 Sect . 13. The man of integrity , Sect . 14. On gentleness , CHAPTER VI . PATHETIC PIECES . Sect . 1 ...
... King of England , Sect . 11. Character of Queen Elizabeth , Sect . 12. On the slavery of vice , Page 110 112 113 115 116 119 121 122 Sect . 13. The man of integrity , Sect . 14. On gentleness , CHAPTER VI . PATHETIC PIECES . Sect . 1 ...
Side xxxiii
... King Pyrrhus , who at- tempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great fum of money , Sect . 25. Character of James I. King of England , Sect . 26. Charles V. Emperour of Germany , re- figns his dominions , and retires ...
... King Pyrrhus , who at- tempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great fum of money , Sect . 25. Character of James I. King of England , Sect . 26. Charles V. Emperour of Germany , re- figns his dominions , and retires ...
Side 14
... fupports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to fay , " O death ! where is thy fting ? O grave ! where is thy victory ? " SECTION VII . AGESILAUS , king of Sparta , being 14 Part I. The English Reader .
... fupports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to fay , " O death ! where is thy fting ? O grave ! where is thy victory ? " SECTION VII . AGESILAUS , king of Sparta , being 14 Part I. The English Reader .
Side 15
... king of Sparta , being afked , " What things he thought moft proper for boys to learn , " anfwered , " Thofe which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wifer than Agefilaus has inculcated the fame fentiment : " Train ...
... king of Sparta , being afked , " What things he thought moft proper for boys to learn , " anfwered , " Thofe which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wifer than Agefilaus has inculcated the fame fentiment : " Train ...
Side 26
... King , " to tafte this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou haft fo high an idea ? ” Da- mocles , with joy , accepted the offer . The King ordered that a royal banquet fhould be prepared ...
... King , " to tafte this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou haft fo high an idea ? ” Da- mocles , with joy , accepted the offer . The King ordered that a royal banquet fhould be prepared ...
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