English Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Designed for the Benefit of Private Learners as Well as for the Use of Schools

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Cushing & Jewett, F. Lucas Jr., and Armstrong & Plaskitt, 1828 - 192 pages
 

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Page 147 - 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.
Page 124 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Page 29 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 29 - Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand.
Page 26 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 26 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, ^all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.
Page 27 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 135 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 137 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 64 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

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