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 59
... consider how much he has more than he wants . I am wonderfully pleased with the re- ply which Aristippus made to one ... consider what they have lost , than what they possess ; and to fix their eyes upon those who are richer than ...
... consider how much he has more than he wants . I am wonderfully pleased with the re- ply which Aristippus made to one ... consider what they have lost , than what they possess ; and to fix their eyes upon those who are richer than ...
Page 63
... consider , of what small moment the provocations which he receives , or at least im- agines himself to receive , are really in themselves ; but of what great moment he makes them , by suffering them to de- prive him of the possession of ...
... consider , of what small moment the provocations which he receives , or at least im- agines himself to receive , are really in themselves ; but of what great moment he makes them , by suffering them to de- prive him of the possession of ...
Page 68
... consider , in the first place , that he is omnipresent ; and in the second , that he is omniscient . 13. If we consider him in his omnipresence , his being passes through , actuates , and supports , the whole frame of nature . His ...
... consider , in the first place , that he is omnipresent ; and in the second , that he is omniscient . 13. If we consider him in his omnipresence , his being passes through , actuates , and supports , the whole frame of nature . His ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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