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 ReadingC. Spaulding, 1821 - 253 pagina's |
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Pagina iv
... manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable im- pressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind ...
... manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable im- pressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind ...
Pagina vii
... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to ...
... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to ...
Pagina viii
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of ...
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of ...
Pagina ix
... manner more than once , the emphasis should fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case , ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
... manner more than once , the emphasis should fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case , ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
Pagina x
... manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who in a given instance , would use the inferior emphasis alike , either as to place or quantity . Some persons , indeed , use scarcely any degree of it : and others do not scruple ...
... manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who in a given instance , would use the inferior emphasis alike , either as to place or quantity . Some persons , indeed , use scarcely any degree of it : and others do not scruple ...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray Volledige weergave - 1819 |
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Pagina 231 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening 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.
Pagina 249 - Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Pagina 190 - ... sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was...
Pagina 196 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Pagina 230 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 205 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Pagina 113 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.
Pagina 225 - Join voices, all ye living Souls; ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk » The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
Pagina 250 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Pagina 244 - Through this day's life or death ! This day, be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let Thy will be done.