The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Form the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingW. and J. Bolles, 1842 - 252 pages |
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... Micipsa , my father , on his death - bed , left in charge to Jugurtha , his adopted son , con- junctly with my unfortunate brother Hiempsal and myself , the children of his own body , the adminstration of 114 PART I THE ENGLISH READER ...
... Micipsa , my father , on his death - bed , left in charge to Jugurtha , his adopted son , con- junctly with my unfortunate brother Hiempsal and myself , the children of his own body , the adminstration of 114 PART I THE ENGLISH READER ...
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... Micipsa , the friendship and alliance of the Romans . 3 For a prince to be reduced , by villany , to my distress ful circumstances , is calamity enough ; but my misfortunes are heightened by the consideration - that I find myself ...
... Micipsa , the friendship and alliance of the Romans . 3 For a prince to be reduced , by villany , to my distress ful circumstances , is calamity enough ; but my misfortunes are heightened by the consideration - that I find myself ...
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... Micipsa's family . But , as things are , my brother is not so much deprived of these com- forts , as delivered from terror , from flight , from exile , and the endless train of miseries which render life to me a burden . 14 He lies full ...
... Micipsa's family . But , as things are , my brother is not so much deprived of these com- forts , as delivered from terror , from flight , from exile , and the endless train of miseries which render life to me a burden . 14 He lies full ...
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affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider death Democritus Dioclesian distress Divine dread earth emphasis enemies enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa mind misery nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace perfection person pleasing pleasures possession pow'r present prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spect spirit suffer temper tempest tence thee things thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise wish words youth