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 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... render his voice louder , without altering the key ; and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on our ...
... render his voice louder , without altering the key ; and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on our ...
Pagina vii
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and ... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common , and ...
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and ... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common , and ...
Pagina ix
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be pla- ced wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the INFE . RIOR emphasis . The superior ...
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be pla- ced wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the INFE . RIOR emphasis . The superior ...
Pagina x
... careful to render his mod- ulation correct and easy : and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . separately pronounced , yet it is mutable , when these INTRODUCTION .
... careful to render his mod- ulation correct and easy : and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . separately pronounced , yet it is mutable , when these INTRODUCTION .
Pagina xi
... render every thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with em- phatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with I ...
... render every thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with em- phatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with I ...
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affections ancholy Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cerns character comforts dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honor hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors lence live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna mountains nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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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.