The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.S. Pratt, 1851 - 311 páginas |
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... wishes , and his wish is gratified ; all , whom he sees , obey him , and all , whom he hears , flatter him . How different , O Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast ...
... wishes , and his wish is gratified ; all , whom he sees , obey him , and all , whom he hears , flatter him . How different , O Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast ...
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... wish , af- ter something beyond what is enjoyed at present . 2 Hence , that restlessness which prevails so generally among mankind . Hence , that disgust of pleasures which they have tried ; that passion for novelty ; that ambition of ...
... wish , af- ter something beyond what is enjoyed at present . 2 Hence , that restlessness which prevails so generally among mankind . Hence , that disgust of pleasures which they have tried ; that passion for novelty ; that ambition of ...
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... wish that is gratified , a new demand arises . 2 One vold opens in the heart , as another is filled . On wishes wishes grow ; and to the end , it is rather the expectation of what they have not , than the enjoyment of what they have ...
... wish that is gratified , a new demand arises . 2 One vold opens in the heart , as another is filled . On wishes wishes grow ; and to the end , it is rather the expectation of what they have not , than the enjoyment of what they have ...
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No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy | 2 |
The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue | 10 |
The seasons | 78 |
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The English Reader Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Vista de fragmentos - 1826 |
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