The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.R. Shute & Company, 1826 - 286 páginas |
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... eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on every person who writes for the benefit of youth . It would indeed be a great and happy improvement in education , if no writ- ings were allowed to come under ...
... eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on every person who writes for the benefit of youth . It would indeed be a great and happy improvement in education , if no writ- ings were allowed to come under ...
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... eye on some of the most distant persons in the company , and to consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we ...
... eye on some of the most distant persons in the company , and to consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we ...
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... eye , not ideas to the un- derstanding . " * By modulation is meant that pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which , in its na- ture , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emo ...
... eye , not ideas to the un- derstanding . " * By modulation is meant that pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which , in its na- ture , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emo ...
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... eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , should ...
... eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , should ...
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... eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the stream of time ...
... eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the stream of time ...
Términos y frases comunes
Almighty band Antiparos appear attention balance of happiness beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort dark death distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoyments envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human imitative powers inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord lord Guilford Dudley mankind Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature ness never Numidia o'er observe Ortogrul ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection persons phatical pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit suffer temper tempest tences thee things thou thought tion tones vice virtue voice wisdom wise words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 213 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 227 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 247 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Página 268 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Página 266 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Página 202 - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
Página 252 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Página 246 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 224 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 275 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on th...