Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Calculated to Enable Private Learners to Become Their Own Instructers [!] in Grammar and Composition |
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Արդյունքներ 5–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 46
A person may be great or rich by chance ; but cannot be wise or good , without
taking pains for it . Nothing could have made ... Poverty turns our thoughts too
much upon the supplying of our wants ; and riches , upon enjoying our
superfluities .
A person may be great or rich by chance ; but cannot be wise or good , without
taking pains for it . Nothing could have made ... Poverty turns our thoughts too
much upon the supplying of our wants ; and riches , upon enjoying our
superfluities .
Էջ 50
Neither riches nor honours , nor any such perishing goods , can satisfy the
desires of an immortal spirit . Be honest , and take no shape or semblance of
disguise . We need not , and we do not , confine his operations to narrow limits .
Neither riches nor honours , nor any such perishing goods , can satisfy the
desires of an immortal spirit . Be honest , and take no shape or semblance of
disguise . We need not , and we do not , confine his operations to narrow limits .
Էջ 54
He does not want courage , but he is defective in sensibility These people have
indeed acquired great riches , but they do not command esteem . Our season of
improvement is short ; and , whether used or not , it will soon pass away .
He does not want courage , but he is defective in sensibility These people have
indeed acquired great riches , but they do not command esteem . Our season of
improvement is short ; and , whether used or not , it will soon pass away .
Էջ 79
A good and well - cultivated mind , is greatly preferable to rank or riches . When
charity to the poor is governed by knowledge and prudence , every one admits it
to be a virtue . His greatest concern , and highest enjoyment , was to be approved
...
A good and well - cultivated mind , is greatly preferable to rank or riches . When
charity to the poor is governed by knowledge and prudence , every one admits it
to be a virtue . His greatest concern , and highest enjoyment , was to be approved
...
Էջ 142
There can be no doubt that health is preferable to riches . We believe , said they
to their friends , that the perusal of such books has ruined our principles . Or
ruined your principles . John's temper greatly indisposed him for giving
instruction .
There can be no doubt that health is preferable to riches . We believe , said they
to their friends , that the perusal of such books has ruined our principles . Or
ruined your principles . John's temper greatly indisposed him for giving
instruction .
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Էջ 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Էջ 110 - replies a pamper 'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all...
Էջ 111 - The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.
Էջ 112 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Էջ 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Էջ 122 - But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Էջ 113 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. Through ev'ry period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue ; ' And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew.
Էջ 79 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Էջ 112 - Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd as the more distress'd : The broadest mirth unfeeling folly wears, Less pleasing far than virtue's very tears : Good from each object, from each place...
Էջ 136 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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| Վերնագիր | Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Calculated to Enable Private Learners to Become Their Own Instructers [!] in Grammar and Composition |
| Հեղինակ | Lindley Murray |
| Հրատարակիչ | Collins, 1814 |
| Original from | Հարվարդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 22 Մարտ 2007 |
| Length | 171 էջ |
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