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 - Всего страниц: 254 |
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Стр. xi
... faid be- fore , prefuppofed by the author as general knowledge , or removes an ambiguity , where a paffage may have more fenfes than one . The inferior emphafis enforces , graces , and en- livens , but does not fix , the meaning of any ...
... faid be- fore , prefuppofed by the author as general knowledge , or removes an ambiguity , where a paffage may have more fenfes than one . The inferior emphafis enforces , graces , and en- livens , but does not fix , the meaning of any ...
Стр. xv
... faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Ifrael is flain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath ; publish it not in the streets of Afkelon left the daughters of the Philiftines rejoice ; left the daughters ...
... faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Ifrael is flain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath ; publish it not in the streets of Afkelon left the daughters of the Philiftines rejoice ; left the daughters ...
Стр. xvii
... faid of peculiar moment , and on which we defire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before fuch a thing is faid , we ufher it in with a pause of this nature . Such paufes have the fame effect as a strong emphasis ; and are ...
... faid of peculiar moment , and on which we defire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before fuch a thing is faid , we ufher it in with a pause of this nature . Such paufes have the fame effect as a strong emphasis ; and are ...
Стр. 10
... faid to give " reft to them who labour and are heavey laden . " What a fmiling afpect does the love of parents and chil- dren , of brothers and fifters , of friends and relations , give to every furrounding object , and every returning ...
... faid to give " reft to them who labour and are heavey laden . " What a fmiling afpect does the love of parents and chil- dren , of brothers and fifters , of friends and relations , give to every furrounding object , and every returning ...
Стр. 11
... faid the plaintive and furviving David ; " very pleafant haft though been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; paffing the love of women . ' " " Sir Philip Sydney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a mufket ball , which ...
... faid the plaintive and furviving David ; " very pleafant haft though been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; paffing the love of women . ' " " Sir Philip Sydney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a mufket ball , which ...
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