Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended, So as to Embrace an Explanation of Phrases and Figurative LanguageFrench & Adlard, 1836 - 300 Seiten |
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... tion is requisite , with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation and all meaning ; while , on the contrary , a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the mind of the hearer to ...
... tion is requisite , with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation and all meaning ; while , on the contrary , a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the mind of the hearer to ...
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... tion , ( marked ' ; ) as , Would it not " Am I ungrateful ' ? Is he in earnest ' ? employ a beau prettily enough , if , instead of playing eter- nally with his snuff - box , he spent some part of his time in making one ? Is not this the ...
... tion , ( marked ' ; ) as , Would it not " Am I ungrateful ' ? Is he in earnest ' ? employ a beau prettily enough , if , instead of playing eter- nally with his snuff - box , he spent some part of his time in making one ? Is not this the ...
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... tion , but for compassion and kindness . " 7. When two words or phrases are used by way of com- parison or contrast , the former takes the RISING , and the latter , the FALLING inflection ; as , " By hónor and dìshonor ; by évil report ...
... tion , but for compassion and kindness . " 7. When two words or phrases are used by way of com- parison or contrast , the former takes the RISING , and the latter , the FALLING inflection ; as , " By hónor and dìshonor ; by évil report ...
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... tion ; as , " A guilty or a disconténted mind , a mind , ruffled by ill fortune , disconcerted by its own pássions , soured by néglect , or fretting at disappointments , hath not leisure to attend to the necessity or reasonableness of a ...
... tion ; as , " A guilty or a disconténted mind , a mind , ruffled by ill fortune , disconcerted by its own pássions , soured by néglect , or fretting at disappointments , hath not leisure to attend to the necessity or reasonableness of a ...
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... tion in matters before us , we shall be plunged into per- petual errors in our conduct . Now , that which should always be practised , must , at some time , be learned . Besides , every son and daughter of Adam , has a most important ...
... tion in matters before us , we shall be plunged into per- petual errors in our conduct . Now , that which should always be practised , must , at some time , be learned . Besides , every son and daughter of Adam , has a most important ...
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