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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... seems therefore requis- ite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understan- ding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been soli- citous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sa ...
... seems therefore requis- ite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understan- ding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been soli- citous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sa ...
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... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exemplify the superior emphasis : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit " Of that forbidden tree ...
... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exemplify the superior emphasis : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit " Of that forbidden tree ...
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... seems to have the right of fix- ing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons who have had pro- . per opportunities of learning to read , in the best man- ner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a ...
... seems to have the right of fix- ing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons who have had pro- . per opportunities of learning to read , in the best man- ner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a ...
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... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as well as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in pro- perly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English ...
... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as well as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in pro- perly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English ...
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... seems most settled and se- rene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and pre- pares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built ...
... seems most settled and se- rene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and pre- pares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built ...
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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.