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 Reading |
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Page 54
... intereft , or honour , fwells into a momen- tous object ; and the flighteft attack feems to threaten immediate ruin . But after paffion or pride has 54 Part I. The English Reader . Sect 4 Motives to the practice of gentleness,
... intereft , or honour , fwells into a momen- tous object ; and the flighteft attack feems to threaten immediate ruin . But after paffion or pride has 54 Part I. The English Reader . Sect 4 Motives to the practice of gentleness,
Page 65
... intereft , and covetoufnefs upon vanity . Self - denial , therefore , belongs , in com- mon , to vice and virtue ; but with this remarkable difference , that the paffions which virtue requires us to I 2 Chap . III . Didactic Pieces . 65 /
... intereft , and covetoufnefs upon vanity . Self - denial , therefore , belongs , in com- mon , to vice and virtue ; but with this remarkable difference , that the paffions which virtue requires us to I 2 Chap . III . Didactic Pieces . 65 /
Page 72
... condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we fhould be inclined to pity the state of those whom we now envy . SECTION XIII . Patience under Provocations our Intereft as well BLAIR . 72 Part I. The English Reader .
... condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we fhould be inclined to pity the state of those whom we now envy . SECTION XIII . Patience under Provocations our Intereft as well BLAIR . 72 Part I. The English Reader .
Page 73
... Intereft as well as Duty . THE wide circle of human fociety is diverfified by an endless variety of characters , difpofitions , and paffions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Every man is marked by fome ...
... Intereft as well as Duty . THE wide circle of human fociety is diverfified by an endless variety of characters , difpofitions , and paffions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Every man is marked by fome ...
Page 85
... intereft which is chimerical , and which can never have existence . How then muft I determine ? Have I no inter- eft at all ? If I have not , I am stationed here to no purpose . But why no intereft ? Can I be con- tented with none but ...
... intereft which is chimerical , and which can never have existence . How then muft I determine ? Have I no inter- eft at all ? If I have not , I am stationed here to no purpose . But why no intereft ? Can I be con- tented with none but ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffed caufe cauſe confider courfe defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs emphafis evils eyes fafe faid fame fatisfaction fcene fecret feemed felves fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labour laft laſt lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent proper Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft religion rife Sect SECTION ſhall ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife