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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 pagine |
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Pagina 107
... reason to be- lieve they are so ; and on this ground , I pity and deplore their condition . We agree in this point , that men do not conduct themselves according to reasonable and just princi- ples ; but I , who do not suffer myself to ...
... reason to be- lieve they are so ; and on this ground , I pity and deplore their condition . We agree in this point , that men do not conduct themselves according to reasonable and just princi- ples ; but I , who do not suffer myself to ...
Pagina 113
... reason . Bayle . Yes : but reason , like other governors , has a policy more dependent upon uncertain caprice , than upon any fixed laws . And if that reason , which rules my mind or yours , has happened to set up a favourite notion ...
... reason . Bayle . Yes : but reason , like other governors , has a policy more dependent upon uncertain caprice , than upon any fixed laws . And if that reason , which rules my mind or yours , has happened to set up a favourite notion ...
Pagina 155
... reason is more to be regarded , than the bent of any present inclination ; since by the rule above - mentioned , inclination will at length come over to reason , though we can never force reason to comply with inclination . prose- 7. In ...
... reason is more to be regarded , than the bent of any present inclination ; since by the rule above - mentioned , inclination will at length come over to reason , though we can never force reason to comply with inclination . prose- 7. In ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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