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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 pages |
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Page xii
... mankind had transgressed in a peculiar manuer more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death , [ as was really the case ] to have been an ...
... mankind had transgressed in a peculiar manuer more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death , [ as was really the case ] to have been an ...
Page xix
... mankind , it will at least al- leviate them . " The suspending pause is often , in the same sentence , attend- ed with both the rising and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be seen in this example ; " Moderate exercise , and ...
... mankind , it will at least al- leviate them . " The suspending pause is often , in the same sentence , attend- ed with both the rising and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be seen in this example ; " Moderate exercise , and ...
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... mankind more generally agreed . The appearances of our security are frequently de- ceitful . When our sky seems most settled and se- rene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and ...
... mankind more generally agreed . The appearances of our security are frequently de- ceitful . When our sky seems most settled and se- rene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and ...
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... mankind , is to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; es- pecially in those periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise them ...
... mankind , is to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; es- pecially in those periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise them ...
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... mankind , we shall find that , in every age , they who have been respected as worthy , or admired as great . have been distinguished for this virtue . Re yenge dwells in little minds . A noble and magnani- mous spirit is always superior ...
... mankind , we shall find that , in every age , they who have been respected as worthy , or admired as great . have been distinguished for this virtue . Re yenge dwells in little minds . A noble and magnani- mous spirit is always superior ...
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