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 頁 |
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... manner which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or ...
... manner which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or ...
第 vi 頁
... manner , voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapa- ble of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to ...
... manner , voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapa- ble of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to ...
第 vii 頁
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their ...
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their ...
第 viii 頁
... manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line k read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
... manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line k read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
第 ix 頁
... manner can represent only a similar state of mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion . As the communication of these internal feelings was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ...
... manner can represent only a similar state of mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion . As the communication of these internal feelings was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ...
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第 96 頁 - 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,
第 97 頁 - 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
第 196 頁 - 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
第 x 頁 - 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
第 169 頁 - 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
第 160 頁 - 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
第 177 頁 - 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
第 198 頁 - 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