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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Page 58
... passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect gra- tifications ; and thereby strengthens them for preying , in the end , on their unhappy victims . 3. It is a great mistake to imagine , that the pain of self- denial ...
... passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect gra- tifications ; and thereby strengthens them for preying , in the end , on their unhappy victims . 3. It is a great mistake to imagine , that the pain of self- denial ...
Page 140
... PASSIONS . 1. WHEN man revolted from his Maker , his passions re- belled against himself ; and from being originally the minis ters of reason , have become the tyrants of the soul . Hence , in treating of this subject , two things may ...
... PASSIONS . 1. WHEN man revolted from his Maker , his passions re- belled against himself ; and from being originally the minis ters of reason , have become the tyrants of the soul . Hence , in treating of this subject , two things may ...
Page 141
... passion operates not there in so wide and destructive a sphere , we shall find its influence to be no less baneful . 1 need not mention the black and fierce passions , such as en- vy , jealousy , and revenge , whose effects are ...
... passion operates not there in so wide and destructive a sphere , we shall find its influence to be no less baneful . 1 need not mention the black and fierce passions , such as en- vy , jealousy , and revenge , whose effects are ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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