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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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
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... thoughts , 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions , 167 7. On the proper state of our temper , with respect to one another , • 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures , • • 168 171 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of ...
... thoughts , 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions , 167 7. On the proper state of our temper , with respect to one another , • 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures , • • 168 171 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- solent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and inso- solent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his ...
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... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves A 3 CHAP . I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves A 3 CHAP . I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is ...
... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is ...
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