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 sider |
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Side ix
... be in vain to press him forward , with the hope of for- ming a good reader , if he cannot completely articu late every elementary sound of the language . C SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In Introduction . ix .
... be in vain to press him forward , with the hope of for- ming a good reader , if he cannot completely articu late every elementary sound of the language . C SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In Introduction . ix .
Side xix
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accom- panied by an inflection of voice that gives the hearer an ex- pectation of something further to complete the sense ; the in- flection ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accom- panied by an inflection of voice that gives the hearer an ex- pectation of something further to complete the sense ; the in- flection ...
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... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their vir- tue : and , in their dying moments enables them to say , " O death ! where is ...
... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their vir- tue : and , in their dying moments enables them to say , " O death ! where is ...
Side 12
... hope of a fool than of him : He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay ...
... hope of a fool than of him : He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay ...
Side 16
... hope that better days may yet a- rise . How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart : generous , charitable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom they ...
... hope that better days may yet a- rise . How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart : generous , charitable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom they ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Side 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.