The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 страница |
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... just taste ; and must arise from feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ...
... just taste ; and must arise from feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ...
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... just expiring the laft adieu . Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the flightest in- stances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every rep- rehension of confcience ...
... just expiring the laft adieu . Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the flightest in- stances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every rep- rehension of confcience ...
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... just amidt discouragements and oppofition ; defpifing groundless cenfure and reproach ; disdaining all compli- ance with public manners , when they are vicious and un- lawful ; and never ashamed of the punctual discharge of every duty ...
... just amidt discouragements and oppofition ; defpifing groundless cenfure and reproach ; disdaining all compli- ance with public manners , when they are vicious and un- lawful ; and never ashamed of the punctual discharge of every duty ...
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... just one step higher than themfelves . Alas ! my friends , all this envious difquietude , which agitates the world , arifes from a deceitful figure which imposes on the public view . Falfe colours are hung out : the real state of men is ...
... just one step higher than themfelves . Alas ! my friends , all this envious difquietude , which agitates the world , arifes from a deceitful figure which imposes on the public view . Falfe colours are hung out : the real state of men is ...
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... just value to the comforts we poffefs , we fhall find reafon to reft fatisfied , with a very moderate , though not an opulent and fplendid , condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we should be inclined to pity the state ...
... just value to the comforts we poffefs , we fhall find reafon to reft fatisfied , with a very moderate , though not an opulent and fplendid , condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we should be inclined to pity the state ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
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