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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 pagine |
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Pagina 14
... tion : as , " Does his conduct support discipline ' , or destroy it ' ? The rising and falling inflections must not be confounded with em- phasis . Though they may often coincide , they are , in their nature , perfectly distinct ...
... tion : as , " Does his conduct support discipline ' , or destroy it ' ? The rising and falling inflections must not be confounded with em- phasis . Though they may often coincide , they are , in their nature , perfectly distinct ...
Pagina 46
... tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the wind roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was ...
... tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the wind roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was ...
Pagina 89
... tion , can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the com- plete model of that perfect character , which , under the de- nomination of a sage or wise man , the philosophers have been fond of delineating , rather as a fiction of their ...
... tion , can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the com- plete model of that perfect character , which , under the de- nomination of a sage or wise man , the philosophers have been fond of delineating , rather as a fiction of their ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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