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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Select Sentences and Paragraphs | 23 |
The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them | 37 |
No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind | 39 |
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