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 78
... perfection to perfection , after having just looked abroad into the works of her Creator , and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness , wisdom , and power , must perish at her first setting out , and in the very beginning of ...
... perfection to perfection , after having just looked abroad into the works of her Creator , and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness , wisdom , and power , must perish at her first setting out , and in the very beginning of ...
Page 79
... perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences , such short - lived ...
... perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences , such short - lived ...
Page 137
... perfection , and but a common share of others , he may do what he pleases in his particular station of life . 3. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of , I look upon cunning to be the ...
... perfection , and but a common share of others , he may do what he pleases in his particular station of life . 3. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of , I look upon cunning to be the ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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