The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 Seiten |
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... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the neceffity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with fa ...
... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the neceffity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with fa ...
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... ourselves lefs compafs , and are likely to ftrain our voice before we have done . We fhall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a per- fon speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
... ourselves lefs compafs , and are likely to ftrain our voice before we have done . We fhall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a per- fon speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
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... ourselves diftinctly , moderation is requifite with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is fcarcely neceffa- ry to obferve , that there may be also an extreme on ...
... ourselves diftinctly , moderation is requifite with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is fcarcely neceffa- ry to obferve , that there may be also an extreme on ...
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... ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying emphatical words too much ...
... ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying emphatical words too much ...
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... ourselves in ordinary , fenfible conversation ; and not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquired from reading books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be fufficient to attend to the points used in ...
... ourselves in ordinary , fenfible conversation ; and not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquired from reading books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be fufficient to attend to the points used in ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 229 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Seite 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Seite 208 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Seite 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Seite 190 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Seite 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Seite 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Seite 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Seite 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...