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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... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear or offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ; one ...
... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear or offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ; one ...
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... sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is , to regard on- ly the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect ...
... sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is , to regard on- ly the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect ...
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... sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthful , The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind . than upon any one external circumstance ; nay more than upon all external ...
... sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthful , The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind . than upon any one external circumstance ; nay more than upon all external ...
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... senses , to employ his understanding , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst ...
... senses , to employ his understanding , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst ...
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... sense there is sufficient for them , if they are not , I can very well dispense with their company . ' 19 Socrates though primarily attentive to the culture of his mind , was not negligent of his external appearance . His clean- liness ...
... sense there is sufficient for them , if they are not , I can very well dispense with their company . ' 19 Socrates though primarily attentive to the culture of his mind , was not negligent of his external appearance . His clean- liness ...
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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.