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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 45
Página iii
... objects : to improve youth in the art of read- ing ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great varie ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of read- ing ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great varie ...
Página xix
... object , that they regu late his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regu late his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though , in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
Página 3
... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delica- cy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have established our principles , let ...
... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delica- cy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have established our principles , let ...
Página 5
... fathered upon 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 ...
... fathered upon 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 ...
Página 6
... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it gen- erally brings , on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . The ...
... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it gen- erally brings , on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . The ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Sin vista previa disponible - 2020 |
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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.