The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read ...Bennett and Walton, 1812 - Всего страниц: 392 |
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Стр. viii
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice . to which in conver sation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on our ...
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice . to which in conver sation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on our ...
Стр. ix
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable ...
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable ...
Стр. x
... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is , much more com- mon ; and requires the more to be guarded against , be- cause , when it has grown into a habit , INTRODUCTION .
... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is , much more com- mon ; and requires the more to be guarded against , be- cause , when it has grown into a habit , INTRODUCTION .
Стр. xii
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the IN- FERIOR emphasis . The superior ...
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the IN- FERIOR emphasis . The superior ...
Стр. xiv
... render his modulation correct and eafy ; and for this purpose , fhould form it upon the model of the mo judicious and accurate fpeakers , Bester . Some sentences are so full and comprehensive , that al- είν INTRODUCTION .
... render his modulation correct and eafy ; and for this purpose , fhould form it upon the model of the mo judicious and accurate fpeakers , Bester . Some sentences are so full and comprehensive , that al- είν INTRODUCTION .
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affections Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness beautiful beautiful plains behold blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider dark death DEMOCRITUS desire DIONYSIUS distress Divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father folly fortune friendship gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS honour hope human infinite innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord Lord Guilford Dudley mankind ment Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er objects Ortogrul ourselves pain Paros pass passions peace perfection persons philosopher pleasure possession pow'r present pride prince proper Pythias racter reason religion render rest rich rise rusals scene sense sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul spirit suffer temper thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice violence virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish youth
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Стр. 277 - 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.
Стр. 263 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Стр. 195 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Стр. 228 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Стр. 294 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Стр. 228 - Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...
Стр. 284 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored 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...
Стр. xvii - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Стр. 240 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil, is no more : The storms of wint'ry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all — THOMSON, SECTION VIII.
Стр. 223 - Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...