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 Reading |
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... repeating them too frequently . For as they excite uncommon attention , and of course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be " not fully answerable to such expectation , they occasion xxvi . INTRODUCTION .
... repeating them too frequently . For as they excite uncommon attention , and of course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be " not fully answerable to such expectation , they occasion xxvi . INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxiii
... raise and support . " the sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be regarded , illumine should be ...
... raise and support . " the sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be regarded , illumine should be ...
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... raised on the miseries of life , 8. A morning hymn , • Page 257 258 259 261 262 264 266 • 267 269 269 270 • 272 • 974 276 CHAPTER VI . PROMISCUOUS PIECES . SECT . 1. Ode to content , 2. The shepherd and the philosopher , . 3. The road ...
... raised on the miseries of life , 8. A morning hymn , • Page 257 258 259 261 262 264 266 • 267 269 269 270 • 272 • 974 276 CHAPTER VI . PROMISCUOUS PIECES . SECT . 1. Ode to content , 2. The shepherd and the philosopher , . 3. The road ...
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... raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his temper , and , finally , oversets his virtue ? What misery does the vicious man secretly endure ! Adversity ! how blunt are all the ...
... raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his temper , and , finally , oversets his virtue ? What misery does the vicious man secretly endure ! Adversity ! how blunt are all the ...
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... a very wicked minister . Raised to greatness without merit , he employed his power solely for the gratification of his passions . As the honours which he On this possessed were next to royal , his pride 24 PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
... a very wicked minister . Raised to greatness without merit , he employed his power solely for the gratification of his passions . As the honours which he On this possessed were next to royal , his pride 24 PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
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