The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingM'Carty & Davis, 1826 - 316 стор. |
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... or transient . A temperate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been vi . PREFACE .
... or transient . A temperate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been vi . PREFACE .
Сторінка ix
... heart . It is essential to a com- plete reader that he minutely perceives the ideas , and enters into the feelings of the author , whose sentiments he professes to repeat : for how is it possible to represent clearly to others , what we ...
... heart . It is essential to a com- plete reader that he minutely perceives the ideas , and enters into the feelings of the author , whose sentiments he professes to repeat : for how is it possible to represent clearly to others , what we ...
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... heart , which has not its peculiar tone , or note of the voce , by which it is to be expressed ; and which is suited exactly to the degree of internal feeling . It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit ...
... heart , which has not its peculiar tone , or note of the voce , by which it is to be expressed ; and which is suited exactly to the degree of internal feeling . It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit ...
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... heart . From our eagerness to grasp , we strangle and destroy pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are excellent safeguards of the mind , in this uncertain and changing state . There is nothing , except simplicity ...
... heart . From our eagerness to grasp , we strangle and destroy pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are excellent safeguards of the mind , in this uncertain and changing state . There is nothing , except simplicity ...
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... heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have established our principles , let us not suffer them to be ...
... heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have established our principles , let us not suffer them to be ...
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