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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 sidor |
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... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to me- liorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to me- liorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
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... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great at- tention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great at- tention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . 7. Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men as the friends of goodness . 8 ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . 7. Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men as the friends of goodness . 8 ...
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... object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a con- ductor ...
... object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a con- ductor ...
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Sida 163 - 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...
Sida 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Sida 82 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Sida 183 - 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.
Sida 183 - 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.
Sida 179 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
Sida 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Sida 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Sida 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Sida 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.