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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Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves
less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done , We shal
fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain
...
Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves
less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done , We shal
fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain
...
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Tbose passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect
gratifications , and thereby strengtheus them for preying , in the end , on their
unhappy victims . It is a great mistake to imagine , that the pain of self - denial is
confined to ...
Tbose passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect
gratifications , and thereby strengtheus them for preying , in the end , on their
unhappy victims . It is a great mistake to imagine , that the pain of self - denial is
confined to ...
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They bring to its coinforts the manly relish of a sound uncorrupted mind , They
stop at the proper point , before enjoyment degenerates into disgust , and
pleasure is converted into pain . They are strangers to those complaints which
flow from ...
They bring to its coinforts the manly relish of a sound uncorrupted mind , They
stop at the proper point , before enjoyment degenerates into disgust , and
pleasure is converted into pain . They are strangers to those complaints which
flow from ...
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The beasis unable to sustaio Th ' unequal combat , quit the plaio ; Half - blind
with rage , and mad with pain , There native shelter they regain ; There sir , and
now discreeter growo , Too late their rashuess they bemoao ; And this by dear ...
The beasis unable to sustaio Th ' unequal combat , quit the plaio ; Half - blind
with rage , and mad with pain , There native shelter they regain ; There sir , and
now discreeter growo , Too late their rashuess they bemoao ; And this by dear ...
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Tis come , the glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven and earth ! awak'ning
nature hears The new creating word ; and starts to life , In ev'ry heighten'd form ,
from pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme , Involving all , and
...
Tis come , the glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven and earth ! awak'ning
nature hears The new creating word ; and starts to life , In ev'ry heighten'd form ,
from pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme , Involving all , and
...
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| 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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