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 Virture. : With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Princliples of Good ReadingOliver & Wm. M. Farnsworth, 1826 - 204 sidor |
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... feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying ...
... feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying ...
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... feeling . It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this Introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the variety of tones belonging to ...
... feeling . It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this Introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the variety of tones belonging to ...
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... feel a sort of struggle between the sense am the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
... feel a sort of struggle between the sense am the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
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... feel . 9. He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the trath and delicacy of his ...
... feel . 9. He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the trath and delicacy of his ...
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... feels , we can pronounce little concern- ing him . 18. The book is well written ; and I have perused it with plea- sure and profit . It shows , first , that true devotion is rational and well founded ; next , that it is of the highest ...
... feels , we can pronounce little concern- ing him . 18. The book is well written ; and I have perused it with plea- sure and profit . It shows , first , that true devotion is rational and well founded ; next , that it is of the highest ...
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Sida 96 - 5. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister, and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in which I will appear to thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles,
Sida 97 - know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said to Paul, " Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." And Paul replied, " I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds."* acts xxvi. SECTION IV. Lord Mansfield's
Sida 196 - My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Thy goodness I'll pursue; And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. 12-. When nature fails, and day and night, Divide thy works no more, My ever-grateful heart, O Lord
Sida x - in some degree, elucidate what has been said on this subject. " The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places; how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice ; lest the
Sida 169 - 5. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glist'ring with dew; nor fragrance after show'rs: Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring star-light,—without thee is
Sida 160 - science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear
Sida 177 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. On
Sida 198 - 2. Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye, in heaven, On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Thus wond'rous fair; thyself how wond'rous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these