Sequel to the English Reader, Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry: Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading, to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interest of Piety and Virtue |
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... fears and apprehensions with which I approach- , ed him . He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , Mirza , said he , I have heard thee in thy solilo . quies ; follow me . He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the ...
... fears and apprehensions with which I approach- , ed him . He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , Mirza , said he , I have heard thee in thy solilo . quies ; follow me . He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the ...
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... Fear . POPE . Almer , the dervise who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of the prophet , as he one day rose up from the devotions of the morning , which he had performed at the gate of the temple , with his body turned towards ...
... Fear . POPE . Almer , the dervise who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of the prophet , as he one day rose up from the devotions of the morning , which he had performed at the gate of the temple , with his body turned towards ...
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... fear . The wretch who wished to linger in the garden , who looked round upon its limits with terror , was destitute of enjoyment , because he was destitute of hope , and was perpetually tormented by the dread of losing that which yet he ...
... fear . The wretch who wished to linger in the garden , who looked round upon its limits with terror , was destitute of enjoyment , because he was destitute of hope , and was perpetually tormented by the dread of losing that which yet he ...
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... Fear and Sorrow . Thus , different as we are , she has often the insolence to assume my name and character ; and seduces unhappy mortals to think us the same , till she , at length , drives them to the borders of Despair , that dreadful ...
... Fear and Sorrow . Thus , different as we are , she has often the insolence to assume my name and character ; and seduces unhappy mortals to think us the same , till she , at length , drives them to the borders of Despair , that dreadful ...
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... fear of being ridiculed by their loose associates . Among these associates , the most hardened and determined always take the lead . The rest follow them with implicit submission ; and make proficiency in this school of iniquity , in ...
... fear of being ridiculed by their loose associates . Among these associates , the most hardened and determined always take the lead . The rest follow them with implicit submission ; and make proficiency in this school of iniquity , in ...
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