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 166
... divine attribute ; and loses his own insufficiency in the fulness of infinite perfection . 6. To make our lives more easy to us , we are command- ed to put our trust in him , who is thus able to relieve and suc- cour us ; the Divine ...
... divine attribute ; and loses his own insufficiency in the fulness of infinite perfection . 6. To make our lives more easy to us , we are command- ed to put our trust in him , who is thus able to relieve and suc- cour us ; the Divine ...
Page 168
... divine favour , than to the policy of his councils , or to the force of his arms ! 10. How many instances of divine goodness arose before him in pleasing remembrance , when with such relish he speaks of the " green pastures and still ...
... divine favour , than to the policy of his councils , or to the force of his arms ! 10. How many instances of divine goodness arose before him in pleasing remembrance , when with such relish he speaks of the " green pastures and still ...
Page 231
... divine ! 4. Grant I may ever at the morning ray , Open with pray'r the consecrated day ; Tune thy great praise , and bid my soul arise , And with the mounting sun ascend the skies ; As that advances , let my zeal improve , And glow with ...
... divine ! 4. Grant I may ever at the morning ray , Open with pray'r the consecrated day ; Tune thy great praise , and bid my soul arise , And with the mounting sun ascend the skies ; As that advances , let my zeal improve , And glow with ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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