The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingBenjamin Olds, 1830 - 249 стор. |
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... rising and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be seen in this example : " Moderate exercise , and habitual temperance ' , strengthen the constitution . " * As the suspending pause may be thus attended with both the rising and the ...
... rising and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be seen in this example : " Moderate exercise , and habitual temperance ' , strengthen the constitution . " * As the suspending pause may be thus attended with both the rising and the ...
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... rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , at we shall insert a few more examples , to induce him to pay greater at- tention to the subject . In these ...
... rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , at we shall insert a few more examples , to induce him to pay greater at- tention to the subject . In these ...
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... rising also in guilt ; till at last he completed that whole character of iniquity , which he once detested . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the misery of pride . BLAIR . AHASUERUS , who is supposed to be the prince known among the Greek ...
... rising also in guilt ; till at last he completed that whole character of iniquity , which he once detested . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the misery of pride . BLAIR . AHASUERUS , who is supposed to be the prince known among the Greek ...
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... rising to their view ; and the summit of the highest they could before discern , seemed but the foot of another , till the mountain at length ap- peared to lose itself in the clouds . 4 As I was gazing on these things with astonishment ...
... rising to their view ; and the summit of the highest they could before discern , seemed but the foot of another , till the mountain at length ap- peared to lose itself in the clouds . 4 As I was gazing on these things with astonishment ...
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... rising before him . 2 As he passed along , his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of paradise ; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze , and sprinkled with dew from groves of spices . He sometimes ...
... rising before him . 2 As he passed along , his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of paradise ; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze , and sprinkled with dew from groves of spices . He sometimes ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father fear feel folly fortune friendship give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rising Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words ye tings youth
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Сторінка 115 - to kick against the pricks. And I said, who art thou Lord ? And he replied, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 3 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead ? I verily thought with my self, that I ought to do many things contrary to
Сторінка 166 - in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Epitaph. How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not: To whom related, or by whom begot: A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. And
Сторінка 211 - Morning Hymn. THESE are thy glorious works, parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wond'rous fair; thyself how wond'rous then t Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lower works ; yet these declare . Thy goodness beyond thought, and pow'r divine,
Сторінка 217 - nightly, to thelist'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, 3 What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball! What tho' no real voice nor sound, Amid their radiant orbs be found!
Сторінка 223 - 4 Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the Solar Walk or Milky Way, Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, bat always to be
Сторінка 211 - morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world, both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall's!
Сторінка 116 - 1 would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether, such as I am, except these bonds."* acts xxvi. SECTION IV. Lord Mansfield's Speech in the House of Peers, 1770, on the Bill for preventing the delays of Justice, by claiming the Privilege of Parliament. MY LORDS, WHEN
Сторінка 216 - makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all.—pope. SECTION. IV. The Goodness of Providence. THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noon-day walks he shall attend, \ And all my midnight hours defend. t
Сторінка 208 - 0 how shall words with equal warmth, The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish'd heart But thou canst read it there. 3 Thy providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest, When in the silent womb I lay, And huug upon the breast. 4 To all my weak complaints and cries, , Thy mercy
Сторінка 217 - O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade. . 4 Tho' in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray, The barren wilderness shall smile, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;