Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading. Improved by the Addition of a Concordant and Synonymising Vocabulary ... Divided, Defined, and Pronounced According to the Principles of John Walker ... Walker's Pronunciation Key, which Governs the Vocabulary, is Prefixed to this Work |
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... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well , are obviated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justice and facility , he will ...
... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well , are obviated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justice and facility , he will ...
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... , to persist in Req - ui - site , rêk ' - wè - zit , necessary , any thing necessary PROPER LOUDNESS OF VOICE . THE first attention of every person who reads to others , doub when he less , must be , to make himself viii INTRODUCTION .
... , to persist in Req - ui - site , rêk ' - wè - zit , necessary , any thing necessary PROPER LOUDNESS OF VOICE . THE first attention of every person who reads to others , doub when he less , must be , to make himself viii INTRODUCTION .
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... things which are dif- ferent , loudness , or strength of sound , with the key or note in which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , with- out altering ...
... things which are dif- ferent , loudness , or strength of sound , with the key or note in which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , with- out altering ...
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... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater variety to the modulation . * Notwithstanding this di ...
... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater variety to the modulation . * Notwithstanding this di ...
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... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " 99 Some sentences are so ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them ...
... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " 99 Some sentences are so ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them ...
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Abdalonymus affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beautiful behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character daugh death degree Democritus desire distress Divine earth emphasis enjoyment envy ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa means ment Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature ness never niscience noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfection persons philosopher pleasures possess pow'r present prince principles proper Pyrrhus Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily sorrow soul sound spect spirit stancy temper tence thee things thought tion truth vanity vice violent virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words young youth
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Page 274 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 274 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 199 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 259 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.
Page 235 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep.
Page 262 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 263 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 155 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto 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 the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 263 - And ye five other wand'ring fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. 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.
Page 154 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.