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
... stand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud ex- pressions as the chief requisite in forming a good read ...
... stand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud ex- pressions as the chief requisite in forming a good read ...
Side 1
... stand the test of near ap- proach and strict examination . The value of any possession is to be chiefly estimat- ed , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the ...
... stand the test of near ap- proach and strict examination . The value of any possession is to be chiefly estimat- ed , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the ...
Side 3
... standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION 111 . 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 ...
... standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION 111 . 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 ...
Side 25
... standing before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man , “ I know thy perplexi- ty ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppo . site mountain . " Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the ...
... standing before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man , “ I know thy perplexi- ty ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppo . site mountain . " Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the ...
Side 29
... standing beside me , a form of diviner features , and a more benign radience . " Happier , " said she , are they whom Virtue conducts to the mansions of Content ! " What , " said I , " does Virtue then re- side in the vale " " I am ...
... standing beside me , a form of diviner features , and a more benign radience . " Happier , " said she , are they whom Virtue conducts to the mansions of Content ! " What , " said I , " does Virtue then re- side in the vale " " I am ...
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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.