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 Virture. : With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Princliples of Good ReadingOliver & Wm. M. Farnsworth, 1826 - 204 Seiten |
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... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due Degree of Slowness . ly order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard . to the ...
... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due Degree of Slowness . ly order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard . to the ...
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... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
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... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of conso- lation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of conso- lation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
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... hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . 9. He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will ...
... hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . 9. He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will ...
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... hope that better days may yet arise . 6. How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable , and hu- mane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
... hope that better days may yet arise . 6. How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable , and hu- mane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexander Selkirk Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread EARL of STRAFFORD earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 96 - 5. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister, and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in which I will appear to thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles,
Seite 97 - know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said to Paul, " Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." And Paul replied, " 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
Seite 196 - My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Thy goodness I'll pursue; And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. 12-. When nature fails, and day and night, Divide thy works no more, My ever-grateful heart, O Lord
Seite x - in some degree, elucidate what has been said on this subject. " The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places; how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice ; lest the
Seite 169 - 5. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glist'ring with dew; nor fragrance after show'rs: Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring star-light,—without thee is
Seite 160 - science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear
Seite 177 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. On
Seite 198 - 2. Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye, in heaven, On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Thus wond'rous fair; thyself how wond'rous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these