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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... reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the sentiments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method in which the art of reading is taught : whereby all the various , natural , expressive ...
... reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the sentiments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method in which the art of reading is taught : whereby all the various , natural , expressive ...
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... reason to distrust the truth and delica- cy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have established our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the ...
... reason to distrust the truth and delica- cy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have established our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the ...
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... reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it gen- erally brings , on the passionate and ...
... reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it gen- erally brings , on the passionate and ...
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... how blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver , in com- parison with those of guilt ! When we have no pleasure in goodness , we may with cer tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure Chap . 1 . 7 Select Sentences .
... how blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver , in com- parison with those of guilt ! When we have no pleasure in goodness , we may with cer tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure Chap . 1 . 7 Select Sentences .
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... reason to be , that our pleasure is all deri- ved from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered by a change in their condition ! How many have had reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs ...
... reason to be , that our pleasure is all deri- ved from an opposite quarter . How strangely are the opinions of men altered by a change in their condition ! How many have had reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs ...
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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.