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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... character , that would be able to resist the danger arising from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavored to relieve the grave and seri- ous parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pie- ces which ...
... character , that would be able to resist the danger arising from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavored to relieve the grave and seri- ous parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pie- ces which ...
Página xv
... characters , which , as to the effect , is just the same as to use no such dis- tinctions at all . SECTION VI . Tones . TONES are different both from emphasis and pauses : consisting in the notes or variations of sound which we employ ...
... characters , which , as to the effect , is just the same as to use no such dis- tinctions at all . SECTION VI . Tones . TONES are different both from emphasis and pauses : consisting in the notes or variations of sound which we employ ...
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... character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ...
... character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ...
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... us all its kindred . Charity , like the sun , brightens every object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character € 2 . Chap . 1 . Select Sentences . He that waits for an opportunity to do much at ...
... us all its kindred . Charity , like the sun , brightens every object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character € 2 . Chap . 1 . Select Sentences . He that waits for an opportunity to do much at ...
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... character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of vir- tue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness . Genuine virtue has a language that speaks to every heart throughout ...
... character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of vir- tue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness . Genuine virtue has a language that speaks to every heart throughout ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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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.