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 Reading |
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Supposing that originally other beings besides men , had disobeyed the
commands of the Almighty ; and that the circumstances were well known to us ,
there would fall an emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it
would ...
Supposing that originally other beings besides men , had disobeyed the
commands of the Almighty ; and that the circumstances were well known to us ,
there would fall an emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it
would ...
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The regular application of the rising and falling in flections , confers so much
beauty on expression ... To advise the ignorant , relieve the needy , comfort the af
. flicted , are duties that fall in our way almost every day of our lives . ' ' " Those
evil ...
The regular application of the rising and falling in flections , confers so much
beauty on expression ... To advise the ignorant , relieve the needy , comfort the af
. flicted , are duties that fall in our way almost every day of our lives . ' ' " Those
evil ...
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The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the
middle of the verse , anil divides it into ... This , which is called the cæsural pause
, may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th or 7th syllable in the
line .
The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the
middle of the verse , anil divides it into ... This , which is called the cæsural pause
, may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th or 7th syllable in the
line .
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This amazing fall of water is made by the river St Lawrence ... The St Lawrence is
ore of the largest rivers in the world ; and yet the whole of its waters is discharged
in this place , by a fall of a hundred and fifty feet perpendicular . It is not easy to ...
This amazing fall of water is made by the river St Lawrence ... The St Lawrence is
ore of the largest rivers in the world ; and yet the whole of its waters is discharged
in this place , by a fall of a hundred and fifty feet perpendicular . It is not easy to ...
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Thou sun , of this great world , both eye and soul , Acknowledge bim thy greater ,
sound his praise In thy eternal coorse , both when thou climb'st , And when high
noon hast gain'd , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st the orient sun ...
Thou sun , of this great world , both eye and soul , Acknowledge bim thy greater ,
sound his praise In thy eternal coorse , both when thou climb'st , And when high
noon hast gain'd , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st the orient sun ...
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able actions affections appear attention bear beauty blessings cause character comfort common consider course danger dark death deep desire divine earth enjoy equal evil fall father fear feel fortune give ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope hour human kind king labours less light live look Lord mankind manner means mind nature never night o'er objects observe once ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession praise present pride proper raise reading reason regard render rest rich rise scene seems sense shine short soul sound spirit spring stand suffer temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | 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 ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | John J. Williams, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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