Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key. Adapted to the improved ed1872 |
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... friends slowly , but slyness loses them quickly . When we act against conscience , we become the destroyers of our own peace . VI . When we bring the lawgiver into contempt , we have in effect annulled his laws . By deferring our ...
... friends slowly , but slyness loses them quickly . When we act against conscience , we become the destroyers of our own peace . VI . When we bring the lawgiver into contempt , we have in effect annulled his laws . By deferring our ...
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... friends , sum up the elements of earthly felicity . II . In spite of repeated warnings , we are still unmindful of death . The path of piety and virtue , pursued with a firm and constant spirit , will assuredly lead to happiness . Peace ...
... friends , sum up the elements of earthly felicity . II . In spite of repeated warnings , we are still unmindful of death . The path of piety and virtue , pursued with a firm and constant spirit , will assuredly lead to happiness . Peace ...
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... friendship ; hell , of fierceness and animosity . The path of truth is a plain and safe path ; that of falsehood is a perplexing maze . Levity is fre- quently the forced production of folly or vice ; cheerfulness is the natural ...
... friendship ; hell , of fierceness and animosity . The path of truth is a plain and safe path ; that of falsehood is a perplexing maze . Levity is fre- quently the forced production of folly or vice ; cheerfulness is the natural ...
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... friends and cheerful society . The mind of a good man is a kingdom to him , and he can always enjoy it . If we look around us , we shall perceive that the whole universe is full of active powers . Action is indeed the genius of nature ...
... friends and cheerful society . The mind of a good man is a kingdom to him , and he can always enjoy it . If we look around us , we shall perceive that the whole universe is full of active powers . Action is indeed the genius of nature ...
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... friends where we least expect them . The orator says something worth listening to whenever he opens his mouth . The architect designed the house as if it had been intended for a nobleman . A talkative man makes mischief wherever he goes ...
... friends where we least expect them . The orator says something worth listening to whenever he opens his mouth . The architect designed the house as if it had been intended for a nobleman . A talkative man makes mischief wherever he goes ...
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Էջ 1 - KEY, 6d. The Principles of English Grammar; with a Series of Progressive Exercises, and a Supplementary Treatise on Analysis of Sentences. By Dr JAMES DOUGLAS, lately Teacher of English, Great King Street, Edinburgh. Is. 6d. Douglas's Initiatory Grammar, for JUNIOR CLASSES. Printed in larger type, and containing a Supplementary Treatise on Analysis of Sentences. 6d. Douglas's Progressive English Reader. A New Series of English Reading-Books.
Էջ 16 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Էջ 37 - My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
Էջ 37 - LIBERTY, whom all, in public or in private, worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Էջ 100 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Էջ 84 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Էջ 99 - In the midst of the current of life was the Gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation.
Էջ 3 - A Dictionary of the English Language, containing the Pronunciation, Etymology, and Explanation of all Words authorized by Eminent Writers. To which are added, a Vocabulary of the Roots of English Words, and an accented list of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Էջ 61 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair , and placid ; where collected all , In one impetuous torrent , down the steep It thundering shoots , and shakes the country round,.
Էջ 101 - I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose.