The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingH. Hill, 1828 - 252 páginas |
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... desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture- * By modulation is meant , that pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which in its nature , is perfectly distinct from em- phasis , and the tones of ...
... desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture- * By modulation is meant , that pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which in its nature , is perfectly distinct from em- phasis , and the tones of ...
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... desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong em- phasis ; and are subject to the same rules ; especially to ...
... desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong em- phasis ; and are subject to the same rules ; especially to ...
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... desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . He who would act like a wise man ...
... desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . He who would act like a wise man ...
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... of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . THE desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplishments , and many virtues . Innocence confers ease and freedom on the mind ; and 741 77.
... of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . THE desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplishments , and many virtues . Innocence confers ease and freedom on the mind ; and 741 77.
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... desires to see others happy , make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction . And let him who proposes his own happiness . reflect ...
... desires to see others happy , make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed ; and remember , that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction . And let him who proposes his own happiness . reflect ...
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Página 200 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 223 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 23 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Página 230 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Página 224 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 242 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit. In this or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
Página 229 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar: Wait the great teacher, death, and God adore! What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Página 245 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Página 198 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.