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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... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
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... live ? FRIENDSHIP . Can gold gain friendship ? Impudence of hope ! As well mere man an angel might beget . Love , and love only , is the loan for love Lorenzo ! pride repress ; nor hope to find A friend , but what has found a friend in ...
... live ? FRIENDSHIP . Can gold gain friendship ? Impudence of hope ! As well mere man an angel might beget . Love , and love only , is the loan for love Lorenzo ! pride repress ; nor hope to find A friend , but what has found a friend in ...
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... LIVE , LET US LIVE . ) " Live while you live , " the epicure would say , " And seize the pleasures of the present day . " " Live while you live , " the sacred preacher cries ; " And give to God each moment as it flies . " * By solitude ...
... LIVE , LET US LIVE . ) " Live while you live , " the epicure would say , " And seize the pleasures of the present day . " " Live while you live , " the sacred preacher cries ; " And give to God each moment as it flies . " * By solitude ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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