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 80
... blessings and wonders of the cre- ation , may be classed the regularities of times , and seasons . Immediately after ... blessing which every month brings along with it , is a fresh instance of the wisdom and bounty of that Provi- dence ...
... blessings and wonders of the cre- ation , may be classed the regularities of times , and seasons . Immediately after ... blessing which every month brings along with it , is a fresh instance of the wisdom and bounty of that Provi- dence ...
Page 87
... blessed me ; and when the eye saw me , it gave witness to me ; because I de- livered the poor that cried , the fatherless , and him that had none to help him . The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me , and I caused the ...
... blessed me ; and when the eye saw me , it gave witness to me ; because I de- livered the poor that cried , the fatherless , and him that had none to help him . The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me , and I caused the ...
Page 144
... blessed Redeemer , is so particularly recorded by the sacred historian . Let every one that " hath ears to hear ... blessings , repeated and most impor- tant blessings . But on whom are they pronounced ? and whom are we taught to think ...
... blessed Redeemer , is so particularly recorded by the sacred historian . Let every one that " hath ears to hear ... blessings , repeated and most impor- tant blessings . But on whom are they pronounced ? and whom are we taught to think ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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