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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Performances of this kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them ,
and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed
superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and
sufficiently ...
Performances of this kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them ,
and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed
superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and
sufficiently ...
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The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the
middle of the verse , anil divides it into two hemistichs ; a pause , not so great as
that which belongs to che close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear .
The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the
middle of the verse , anil divides it into two hemistichs ; a pause , not so great as
that which belongs to che close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear .
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Amidst all disadvantages of this kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind ,
possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent
assaults of fortune and the elemen : s . It is within ourselves that misery has ...
Amidst all disadvantages of this kind , a pure , a stedfast , and enlightened mind ,
possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent
assaults of fortune and the elemen : s . It is within ourselves that misery has ...
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... charitable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with
whom they had intercourse ! And yet , how often have we seen all those fair
appear . ances unhappily blasted in the progress of life , merely through the
influence of ...
... charitable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with
whom they had intercourse ! And yet , how often have we seen all those fair
appear . ances unhappily blasted in the progress of life , merely through the
influence of ...
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The table was loaded with the most exquisite delicacies of every kind . Damocles
, intoxicated with pleasure , fancied himself amongst superior beings . But in the
midst of all this happiness , as he lay indulging himself in state ; he sees let ...
The table was loaded with the most exquisite delicacies of every kind . Damocles
, intoxicated with pleasure , fancied himself amongst superior beings . But in the
midst of all this happiness , as he lay indulging himself in state ; he sees let ...
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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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