The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers

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Providence vindicated in the present state of man 229
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Selfishness reproved 230
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Human frailty 231
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Ode to peace 232
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Select Sentences and Paragraphs
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Conscience 19 Day A pastoral in three parts 15 The universal prayer
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On an infant
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The Cuckoo
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The order of nature
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Confidence in Divine protection 235 237
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Hymn on á review of the seasons
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On solitude 243 245
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Sect CHAPTER II Narrative Pieces 1 No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy
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Change of external condition often adverse to virtue
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Haman or the misery of pride
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Lady Jane Gray 5 Ortogrul or the vanity of riches
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The hill of science
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The journey of a day a picture of human life
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The importance of a good education 2 On gratitude
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On forgiveness
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Motives to the practice of gentleness
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A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor
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Comforts of religion
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Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom
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On the importance of order in the distribution of our time
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The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples
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The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue 33
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Rank and riches afford no ground for envy
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53RR FFFF8588I38DRA ib 14 Moderation in our wishes recommended 15 Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity source of consolation
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Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct
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Lord Mansfields speech in the House of Lords 1770 on the bill for preventing the delays of justice e
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An Address to yonng persons
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Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1538
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Letter from Pliny to Geminius
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On Discretion
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On the government of our thoughts
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Christ on his disciples in his sermon on the mount
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Schemes of life often illusory j40 11 The pleasures of virtuous sensibility
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On the true honour of man
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The influence of devotion on the happiness of life
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The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered
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On the power of custom and the uses to which it may be applied
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The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties
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Description of Candour
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On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldly pleasures
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What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life
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Scale of beings
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Trust in the care of Providence recommended
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Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity
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Virtue deeply rooted is not subject to the influence of fortune
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The speech of Fabricius to king Pyrrhus who attempted to bribe him to his interests by the offer of a large sum of money
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Character of James I king of England
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Charles V Emperor of Germany resigns his dominions c
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The same subject continued
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Short and easy sentences
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Verses in which the lines are of different length
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Verses containing exclamations interrogations parentheses c
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Verses in various forms
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The bears and the bees
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Grotto of Antiparos 4 The grotto of Antiparos continued 4 Earthquake at Catanea
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Creation 7 Charity 8 Prosperity is redoubled to a good man 9 On the beauties of the Psalms 10 Character of Alfred king of England 11 Character of ...
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TitelThe English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers
AuteurLindley Murray
UitgeverCollins and Company, 1832
Oorspronkelijk uitHarvard University
Gedigitaliseerd13 maart 2008
Lengte252 pagina's
  
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