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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... feeble 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 .
... feeble 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 xvii
... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exemplify the superior emphasis : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit " B - 2 INTRODUCTION . xvii .
... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exemplify the superior emphasis : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit " B - 2 INTRODUCTION . xvii .
Сторінка xix
... seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learning to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given ...
... seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learning to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given ...
Сторінка xxiv
... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as weil as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in properly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English without ...
... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as weil as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in properly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English without ...
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... seems most settled and serene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and prepares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on ...
... seems most settled and serene , in some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud , in which the tempest ferments , and prepares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on ...
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