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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 頁 |
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第 x 頁
... beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the variety of tones belonging to the different passions and emotions . We shall , however , select one , which is ...
... beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the variety of tones belonging to the different passions and emotions . We shall , however , select one , which is ...
第 xii 頁
... beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , that we shall insert a few more examples to induce him to pay greater atten- tion to the subject . In these instances , all the inflections are not marked ...
... beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , that we shall insert a few more examples to induce him to pay greater atten- tion to the subject . In these instances , all the inflections are not marked ...
第 xiii 頁
... reading without attention to the subject ; and establish a habit of readily discovering the meaning , force , and beauty , of every sentence they peruse . B PART I. PIECES IN PROSE . CHAPTER I. Select Sentences INTRODUCTION . XIII the.
... reading without attention to the subject ; and establish a habit of readily discovering the meaning , force , and beauty , of every sentence they peruse . B PART I. PIECES IN PROSE . CHAPTER I. Select Sentences INTRODUCTION . XIII the.
第 23 頁
... beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects set before him , to gratify his senses , to employ ...
... beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects set before him , to gratify his senses , to employ ...
第 29 頁
... beauty were ordered to attend his ta- ble , and to obey his commands with the utmost readiness , and the most profound submission . Fragrant ointments , chaplets of flow- ers , and rich perfumes , were added to the entertainment . table ...
... beauty were ordered to attend his ta- ble , and to obey his commands with the utmost readiness , and the most profound submission . Fragrant ointments , chaplets of flow- ers , and rich perfumes , were added to the entertainment . table ...
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第 163 頁 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
第 189 頁 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
第 82 頁 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
第 183 頁 - THE 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 noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
第 183 頁 - 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.
第 179 頁 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
第 179 頁 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
第 179 頁 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
第 157 頁 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
第 175 頁 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.