The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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Página iii
... mind , will fcarcely be deemed fuperfluous , if the writer make his compilation inftructive and in- terefting , and fufficiently diftinct from others . - THE prefent work , as the title exprefses , aims at the attainment of three ...
... mind , will fcarcely be deemed fuperfluous , if the writer make his compilation inftructive and in- terefting , and fufficiently diftinct from others . - THE prefent work , as the title exprefses , aims at the attainment of three ...
Página v
... minds * . THE Compiler has been careful to avoid every ex- prefsion and fentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the leaft degree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incum- bent on ...
... minds * . THE Compiler has been careful to avoid every ex- prefsion and fentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the leaft degree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incum- bent on ...
Página vi
... mind , and to afford fome af- fiftance to tutors , in the arduous and important work of education , were the motives which led to this pro- duction . If the Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small ...
... mind , and to afford fome af- fiftance to tutors , in the arduous and important work of education , were the motives which led to this pro- duction . If the Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small ...
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... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a conftant ftate of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which thofe ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of fuch communication being , not merely to lay open the ...
... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a conftant ftate of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which thofe ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of fuch communication being , not merely to lay open the ...
Página xxi
... mind , be ftill more faint than " those which indicate agreeable emotions : and , on all oc- “ cafions , preserve yourselves fo far from being affected " with the fubject , as to be able to proceed through it , " with that easy and ...
... mind , be ftill more faint than " those which indicate agreeable emotions : and , on all oc- “ cafions , preserve yourselves fo far from being affected " with the fubject , as to be able to proceed through it , " with that easy and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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