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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... death into the world , " & c . But if we were to suppose , that mankind knew there was such an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their transgression , the line would run thus ...
... death into the world , " & c . But if we were to suppose , that mankind knew there was such an evil as death in other regions , though the place they inhabited had been free from it till their transgression , the line would run thus ...
Page 108
... death ? Is it not the character of a madman , to seek it thus voluntarily ? Pythias . I return to suffer , though I have not deserved death . Every principle of honour and goodness forbids me to allow my friend to die for me . Dionysius ...
... death ? Is it not the character of a madman , to seek it thus voluntarily ? Pythias . I return to suffer , though I have not deserved death . Every principle of honour and goodness forbids me to allow my friend to die for me . Dionysius ...
Page 109
... death on his account ? Damon . I was but too well assured that Pythias would punctually return ; and that he would be more solicitous to keep his promise , than to preserve his life . Would to hea- ven that his relations and friends had ...
... death on his account ? Damon . I was but too well assured that Pythias would punctually return ; and that he would be more solicitous to keep his promise , than to preserve his life . Would to hea- ven that his relations and friends had ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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