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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... Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations. religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce ...
... Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations. religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce ...
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... principle of duty . In itself , it is a useful motive to action ; but when allowed to extend its influence too far , it ... principles of action in human nature is a matter that deserves our highest attention . For when any one of them ...
... principle of duty . In itself , it is a useful motive to action ; but when allowed to extend its influence too far , it ... principles of action in human nature is a matter that deserves our highest attention . For when any one of them ...
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... principles , shall , in the midst of con- tending emotions , remain free , and master of itself ; able to listen ... principle admits of several diversified appearances , But as let us consider some of the chief forms under which Chap ...
... principles , shall , in the midst of con- tending emotions , remain free , and master of itself ; able to listen ... principle admits of several diversified appearances , But as let us consider some of the chief forms under which Chap ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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