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The English Reader, Etc

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Henry Kiggins, 1843 - 252 páginas

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Nothing formed in vain	1

The pursuit of happiness often illdirected	7

Ode to adversity	13

The order of nature	20

Altamont	100

Democritus and Heraclitus	102

Dionysius Pythias and Damon	104

Locke and Bayle	106

On the true honour of man	144

The influence of devotion on the happiness of life	145

The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered	147

On the power of custom and the uses to which it may be applied	149

The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties	150

Description of Candour	151

On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldl pleasures	152

What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life	155

Cicero against Verres	111

Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate imploring protection	114

The Apostle Pauls noble defence before Festus and Agrippa	117

Lord Mansfields speech in the House of Lords 1770 on the bill for preventing the delays of justice c	119

An Address to yonng persons	123

Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1538	126

Letter from Pliny to Geminius	129

S Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus on the death of an amiable young woman	130

On Discretion	131

On the government of our thoughts	133

On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion	136

Schemes of life often illusory	140

The pleasures of virtuous sensibility	142

Scale of beings	157

Trust in the care of Providence recommended	159

Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity	161

Virtue deeply rooted is not subject to the influence of fortune	163

The speech of Fabricius to king Pyrrhus who attempted to bribe him to his interests by the offer of a large sum of money	164

Character of James I king of England	165

Charles V Emperor of Germany resigns his dominions e	166

The same subject continued	168

Short and easy sentences	171

Verses in which the lines are of different length	174

Verses in various forms	176

Verses in which sound corresponds to signification	178

Connubial Affection	180

Términos y frases comunes

affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider death Democritus Dioclesian distress Divine dread earth emphasis enemies enjoy enjoyment envy ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa mind misery mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er observe ourselves pain Pamphylia passed passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasure possession pow'r present prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spect spirit suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth

Información bibliográfica

Título	The English Reader, Etc
Autor	Lindley MURRAY
Editor	Henry Kiggins, 1843
Procedencia del original	Biblioteca Británica
Digitalizado	2 Abr. 2015
Largo	252 páginas

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