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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... Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater
should be given to the sense ; and their correspondent times occasionally
lengthened beyond what is usual in com : non speech . To render pauses
pleasing and ...
... Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater
should be given to the sense ; and their correspondent times occasionally
lengthened beyond what is usual in com : non speech . To render pauses
pleasing and ...
Página xxi
With regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to
be finished , rhyme renders this always sensible : ind in some measure compels
us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also ...
With regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to
be finished , rhyme renders this always sensible : ind in some measure compels
us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also ...
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... of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read
such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is , to
regard only the pause which the ser.se formos ; and to read the line accordingly .
... of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read
such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is , to
regard only the pause which the ser.se formos ; and to read the line accordingly .
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... in the heart : and let me add , nothing except what flows from the heart , cao
render even external manners truly pleasing . ... which sometimes feasts the
sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthtul
, The ...
... in the heart : and let me add , nothing except what flows from the heart , cao
render even external manners truly pleasing . ... which sometimes feasts the
sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthtul
, The ...
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Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness ; intemperance
, by enervating them , ends generally in misery Title and ancestry render a good
man more illustrious : but an ill one more contemptible . Vice is infamous ...
Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness ; intemperance
, by enervating them , ends generally in misery Title and ancestry render a good
man more illustrious : but an ill one more contemptible . Vice is infamous ...
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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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