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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Página vii
... means , than the force of example influencing the imi- tative powers of the learner . Some rules and princi- ples on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
... means , than the force of example influencing the imi- tative powers of the learner . Some rules and princi- ples on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
Página xii
... run thus : 65 Brought death into the world . " & c . The superior emphasis finds place in the following short sentence , which admits of tour distinct mean- ings , each of which is ascertained by the emphasis xii . Introduction .
... run thus : 65 Brought death into the world . " & c . The superior emphasis finds place in the following short sentence , which admits of tour distinct mean- ings , each of which is ascertained by the emphasis xii . Introduction .
Página xix
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing , for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in reading . A mechanical attention to these resting places , has perhaps been one cause of monoto- ny ...
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing , for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in reading . A mechanical attention to these resting places , has perhaps been one cause of monoto- ny ...
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... mean their minds , passions , notions , well as their persoas , fortunes , and dignities , ] — I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condi- as tion . We have obliged some persons ...
... mean their minds , passions , notions , well as their persoas , fortunes , and dignities , ] — I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condi- as tion . We have obliged some persons ...
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... means agree- able to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; ex- pressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous , not to say so criminal ; and desired ...
... means agree- able to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; ex- pressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous , not to say so criminal ; and desired ...
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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.