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 Improtant Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ. Griffin, 1823 - 252 strán (strany) |
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... which place religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral du- ties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which ...
... which place religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral du- ties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which ...
Strana vi
... which he employs in common conversation , and which he should generally use in reading to others . For it is a great mistake , to imagine that one must take the highest pitch of his voice , in order to be well heard in a large company ...
... which he employs in common conversation , and which he should generally use in reading to others . For it is a great mistake , to imagine that one must take the highest pitch of his voice , in order to be well heard in a large company ...
Strana vii
... which he utters , its due proportion ; and make eve- ry syllable , and even every letter in the word which he pronounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whispering , or suppressing any of the proper sounds . An accurate ...
... which he utters , its due proportion ; and make eve- ry syllable , and even every letter in the word which he pronounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whispering , or suppressing any of the proper sounds . An accurate ...
Strana viii
... which it may not be improper here to make . In the En- glish language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , some- times on the consonant . The ...
... which it may not be improper here to make . In the En- glish language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , some- times on the consonant . The ...
Strana ix
... which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the em- phasis only . Do you ride to town to day ? The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the inferior em phasis : " Many persons mistake the love ...
... which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the em- phasis only . Do you ride to town to day ? The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the inferior em phasis : " Many persons mistake the love ...
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Strana 246 - The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale, And, nightly, to the list'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, •And spread the truth from pole to pole. Confirm the
Strana 201 - Horrible discord; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Battle. -Arms on armour clashing bray'd Sound imitating reluctance. for who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd; left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? SECTION VI. PARAGRAPHS
Strana 37 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Open rebuke is better than secret love. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him. He that is slow to anger, is
Strana 145 - Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Strana 139 - that God should raise the dead? 1 verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth : and this I did in Jerusalem. Many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death,
Strana 209 - men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleeps .All these with ceaseless praise his works behold,! Both day and night. How often, from the steep - Of echoing
Strana 252 - Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy, and
Strana 140 - 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 speech in the House of Peers, 1770, on the bill for preventing the delays of justice, by claiming the Privilege of Parliament.
Strana xx - Glows' in the stars", and blossoms in the trees ; "Lives', through all life"; extends'through all extent, " Spreads' undivided ', operates' unspent.' Before the conclusion of this introduction, the Compiler takes the liberty to, recommend to teachers, to exercise their pupils in discovering and explaining the emphatic
Strana 198 - not on his humble birtb, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear; He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a