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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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... 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 sufficiently ...
... 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 sufficiently ...
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... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere 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 sen- sible to an ordinary ear ...
... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere 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 sen- sible to an ordinary ear ...
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... 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 Spreads undivided ...
... 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 Spreads undivided ...
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... kind , and cheerful far remov- ed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spir- it , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by_neglecting the concerns of ...
... kind , and cheerful far remov- ed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spir- it , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by_neglecting the concerns of ...
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... kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat ...
... kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind , pos- sessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.