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

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Collins and Company, 1832 - Readers - 252 pages

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Lord Mansfields speech in the House of Lords 1770 on the bill for preventing the delays of justice e
119
An Address to yonng persons
123
Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1538
126
Letter from Pliny to Geminius
129
On Discretion
131
On the government of our thoughts
135
Christ on his disciples in his sermon on the mount
139
Schemes of life often illusory j40 11 The pleasures of virtuous sensibility
142
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 worldly pleasures
152
What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life
155
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 c
166
The same subject continued
168
Short and easy sentences
171
Verses in which the lines are of different length
173
Verses containing exclamations interrogations parentheses c
174
Verses in various forms
176
The bears and the bees
182
Grotto of Antiparos 4 The grotto of Antiparos continued 4 Earthquake at Catanea
251
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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