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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... happy effects which they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calculated to arrest the at- tention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impreffions on their minds . * THE Compiler has been ...
... happy effects which they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calculated to arrest the at- tention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impreffions on their minds . * THE Compiler has been ...
xv. oldal
... happy , when he gains his own ap- probation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The fuperior emphasis , in reading as in fpeaking , muft be determined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and al- ways made alike but as to ...
... happy , when he gains his own ap- probation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The fuperior emphasis , in reading as in fpeaking , muft be determined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and al- ways made alike but as to ...
xxix. oldal
... happy , Sect . 2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue , 26 27 t Sect . 3 . Haman ; or the mifery of pride , 29 Sect . 4 . Sect . 5 . Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , Lady Jane Grey , • 31 34 Sect . 6. The hill of ...
... happy , Sect . 2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue , 26 27 t Sect . 3 . Haman ; or the mifery of pride , 29 Sect . 4 . Sect . 5 . Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches , Lady Jane Grey , • 31 34 Sect . 6. The hill of ...
9. oldal
... happy , make hafte to give while his gift can be enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction .. And let him who propofes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms ...
... happy , make hafte to give while his gift can be enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay , takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction .. And let him who propofes his own happiness reflect , that while he forms ...
12. oldal
... happy , if now , with fo few caufes of grief , we imagine ourselves miferable ? The evil lies in the ftate of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no altera- tion of circumftances is likely to be remedied . When the love ...
... happy , if now , with fo few caufes of grief , we imagine ourselves miferable ? The evil lies in the ftate of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no altera- tion of circumftances is likely to be remedied . When the love ...
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