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 ReadingIsaac Collins and Son, 1802 - 366 oldal |
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xxvi. oldal
... appear- ance of fing - fong and tone must be carefully guarded againft . The clofe of the line , where it makes no pause in the meaning , ought not to be marked by such a tone as is used in finishing a sentence ; but , without either ...
... appear- ance of fing - fong and tone must be carefully guarded againft . The clofe of the line , where it makes no pause in the meaning , ought not to be marked by such a tone as is used in finishing a sentence ; but , without either ...
9. oldal
... appears to be and what flatters moft , is always fartheft from reality . There are voices which fing around them ; but whofe ftrains allure to ruin . There is a banquet fpread , where poifon is in every difh . There is a couch which ...
... appears to be and what flatters moft , is always fartheft from reality . There are voices which fing around them ; but whofe ftrains allure to ruin . There is a banquet fpread , where poifon is in every difh . There is a couch which ...
14. oldal
... appear every where around us ! What a profufion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent fpectacle pre- fented to the view of man ! What fupply con- trived for his wants ! What a variety of ...
... appear every where around us ! What a profufion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent fpectacle pre- fented to the view of man ! What fupply con- trived for his wants ! What a variety of ...
22. oldal
... appear under the form of venial weakneffes ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with fcrupuloufnefs and referve . But , by longer practice , thefe reftraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
... appear under the form of venial weakneffes ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with fcrupuloufnefs and referve . But , by longer practice , thefe reftraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
27. oldal
... appears to have been one of the princes , or chief men , of the Syrian court . Charged with rich gifts from the king , he prefents himself before the prophet ; and accofts him in Chap . II . 27 Narrative Pieces . Change of external ...
... appears to have been one of the princes , or chief men , of the Syrian court . Charged with rich gifts from the king , he prefents himself before the prophet ; and accofts him in Chap . II . 27 Narrative Pieces . Change of external ...
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