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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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive a considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the pro- per pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive a considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the pro- per pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his pre- judice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- lent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his pre- judice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- lent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his ...
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... thought . About what are we now busied What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit for ...
... thought . About what are we now busied What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit for ...
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... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment > " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment > " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
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... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by am- bition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies 18 う The English Reader ...
... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by am- bition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies 18 う The English Reader ...
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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.