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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Página xvii
But when we recommend to readers an atten . tion to the tone and language of
emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limitation . Modera . tion is
necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when reading becomes strictly
...
But when we recommend to readers an atten . tion to the tone and language of
emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limitation . Modera . tion is
necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when reading becomes strictly
...
Página xviii
PAUses or rests , in speaking or reading , are a tolal cessa . tion of the voice ,
during a perceptible , and , in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses
are equally necessary to the speaker and the hearer . To the speaker , that he
may ...
PAUses or rests , in speaking or reading , are a tolal cessa . tion of the voice ,
during a perceptible , and , in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses
are equally necessary to the speaker and the hearer . To the speaker , that he
may ...
Página xix
tion ; and not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquir . ed from reading
books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to
attend to the points used in printing , for these are far from marking all the pauses
...
tion ; and not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquir . ed from reading
books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to
attend to the points used in printing , for these are far from marking all the pauses
...
Página 70
... whilst we enjoy In the time of seed sowing , it is the season of confidence : the
grain wliich the husbandman trusts to the bosom of the earth shall , Isappily ,
yield its seven fold rewards Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta .
tion .
... whilst we enjoy In the time of seed sowing , it is the season of confidence : the
grain wliich the husbandman trusts to the bosom of the earth shall , Isappily ,
yield its seven fold rewards Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta .
tion .
Página 132
I shall fioisb this address , with calling your atten . tion to that dependence on the
blessing of Heaveo , which , amidst all your endeavours after improvement , you
ought continually to preserve . It is too common wiili the young , even when they ...
I shall fioisb this address , with calling your atten . tion to that dependence on the
blessing of Heaveo , which , amidst all your endeavours after improvement , you
ought continually to preserve . It is too common wiili the young , even when they ...
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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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| 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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