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 ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 sidor |
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... envy ' , hatred ' , malice ' , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disap- pointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ...
... envy ' , hatred ' , malice ' , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disap- pointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ...
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... envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as 缀 duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men , · 45 CHAPTER IV . ARGUMENTATIVE ...
... envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as 缀 duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men , · 45 CHAPTER IV . ARGUMENTATIVE ...
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... high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so A 2 CHAP I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness , malice , or envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so A 2 CHAP I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons envied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and diguities , ) - I presume the ...
... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons envied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and diguities , ) - I presume the ...
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... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
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