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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 sider |
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Side iii
... present work , as the title expresses , aims at the at- tainment of three objects : to improve youth in the art of read- ing ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety ...
... present work , as the title expresses , aims at the at- tainment of three objects : to improve youth in the art of read- ing ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety ...
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... present , nor things to come ; nor height , nor depth ; nor any other creature , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these ...
... present , nor things to come ; nor height , nor depth ; nor any other creature , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these ...
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... present state is , reason and religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than misery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of pro- perty ...
... present state is , reason and religion pronounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than misery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of pro- perty ...
Side 8
... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing ...
... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing ...
Side 14
... be spread wide and deep over all the soul . T SECTION X. WHENCE arises the misery of this present world ? It not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , or changing seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing 14 The English Reader .
... be spread wide and deep over all the soul . T SECTION X. WHENCE arises the misery of this present world ? It not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , or changing seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing 14 The English Reader .
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Side 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.