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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 Seiten |
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... manner , which are calculated to arreft the attention of youth ; and to make ftrong and durable impreffions on their mindst The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expreffion and fentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or ...
... manner , which are calculated to arreft the attention of youth ; and to make ftrong and durable impreffions on their mindst The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expreffion and fentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or ...
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... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a ftrained and un- natural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depreffion which conftitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords eafe to the reader , and pleasure ...
... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a ftrained and un- natural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depreffion which conftitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords eafe to the reader , and pleasure ...
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... manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every fuch performance infipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too faft is much more common , and requires the more ...
... manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every fuch performance infipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too faft is much more common , and requires the more ...
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... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the fame words ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravi- ty and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of ...
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the fame words ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravi- ty and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of ...
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... , that mankind had tranf- greffed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis fhould fall on first , and the line be read , " Of man's FIRST disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe INTRODUCTION . XI.
... , that mankind had tranf- greffed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis fhould fall on first , and the line be read , " Of man's FIRST disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe INTRODUCTION . XI.
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Seite 179 - 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 203 - 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 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Seite 176 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.
Seite 203 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Seite 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Seite 210 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Seite 22 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Seite 206 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...