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 sivua |
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Sivu iv
... able to resist the danger arising from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavored to relieve the grave and seri- ous parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pie- ces which amuse as well as instruct If ...
... able to resist the danger arising from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavored to relieve the grave and seri- ous parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pie- ces which amuse as well as instruct If ...
Sivu viii
... able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are ...
... able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are ...
Sivu xx
... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
Sivu 5
... able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is adopted into our family , it seldom quits until it has fathered upon us all its kindred . Charity , like the sun ...
... able to yield . Among all our corrupt passions , there is a strong and intimate connexion . When any one of them is adopted into our family , it seldom quits until it has fathered upon us all its kindred . Charity , like the sun ...
Sivu 7
... able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employ- ed ; to trace our own progress in existence , by such to- kens as excite neither shame nor sorrow . It ought , therefore , to be the care of those who wish to pass the last ...
... able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employ- ed ; to trace our own progress in existence , by such to- kens as excite neither shame nor sorrow . It ought , therefore , to be the care of those who wish to pass the last ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Suositut otteet
Sivu 181 - 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.