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 páginas |
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... whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by perfons , that confidered loud expreffion as the chief requifite in forming a good reader . Thefe are circumftances which demand the serious attention of ...
... whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by perfons , that confidered loud expreffion as the chief requifite in forming a good reader . Thefe are circumftances which demand the serious attention of ...
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... whose mortal taste ( 6 Brought death into the world , and all our wo , " & c . Sing , heav'nly Mufe ! " Suppofing that originally other beings , befides men , had difobeyed the commands of the Almighty , and that the circumftance were ...
... whose mortal taste ( 6 Brought death into the world , and all our wo , " & c . Sing , heav'nly Mufe ! " Suppofing that originally other beings , befides men , had difobeyed the commands of the Almighty , and that the circumftance were ...
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... whose importunity , when once complied with , they became lefs and lefs able to refift : and though they often returned to the path , the afperities of the road were more feverely felt ; the hill appeared more steep and rugged ; the ...
... whose importunity , when once complied with , they became lefs and lefs able to refift : and though they often returned to the path , the afperities of the road were more feverely felt ; the hill appeared more steep and rugged ; the ...
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... whose pow- er and opulence , but , above all , whofe fuperior virtue ( a much firmer fupport ) have raised them above every neceffity of having recourfe to the affiftance of others . The true distinction , then , in this question is ...
... whose pow- er and opulence , but , above all , whofe fuperior virtue ( a much firmer fupport ) have raised them above every neceffity of having recourfe to the affiftance of others . The true distinction , then , in this question is ...
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... whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous confent of posterity . The unusual length of her administration , and the strong features of her cha- racter , were able to overcome all prejudices ; and , obliging ...
... whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous confent of posterity . The unusual length of her administration , and the strong features of her cha- racter , were able to overcome all prejudices ; and , obliging ...
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