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 ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and suffi- ciently ...
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and suffi- ciently ...
xxxii. oldal
... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls some where about the middle of the verse , and divides it into two hemistichs : a pause , not so great as that which belongs to the close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear ...
... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls some where about the middle of the verse , and divides it into two hemistichs : a pause , not so great as that which belongs to the close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear ...
xxxiv. oldal
... kind . The following lines exemplify the demi - cæsura : " Warms ' in the sun " , refreshes ' in the breeze , " Glows ' in the stars " , and blossoms ' in the trees , " Lives ' through all life " , extends ' through all extent , 66 ...
... kind . The following lines exemplify the demi - cæsura : " Warms ' in the sun " , refreshes ' in the breeze , " Glows ' in the stars " , and blossoms ' in the trees , " Lives ' through all life " , extends ' through all extent , 66 ...
xlv. oldal
... kind , which have been presented to the public , the present will not suffer in any respect by a com- parison . " European Magazine , October , 1799 . " There is very considerable merit in this compilation , the con- tents of which are ...
... kind , which have been presented to the public , the present will not suffer in any respect by a com- parison . " European Magazine , October , 1799 . " There is very considerable merit in this compilation , the con- tents of which are ...
6. oldal
... kind , and cheerful ; far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the concerns of this ...
... kind , and cheerful ; far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the concerns of this ...
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