The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Form the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingW. and J. Bolles, 1834 - 252 páginas |
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... feel a sort of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
... feel a sort of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
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... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come and of what is really good or evil , should correct anxiety about wordly success . The veil which covers from our sight the events of suc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come and of what is really good or evil , should correct anxiety about wordly success . The veil which covers from our sight the events of suc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
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... feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his ...
... feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his ...
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... feel that he is subject to various , contradic- tory and imperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country ...
... feel that he is subject to various , contradic- tory and imperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country ...
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... . A noble and magnani- mous spirit , is always superior to it , It suffers not , from the injuries of men those severe shocks which others feel CHAP . III . 45 DIDACTIC PIECES . grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, ...
... . A noble and magnani- mous spirit , is always superior to it , It suffers not , from the injuries of men those severe shocks which others feel CHAP . III . 45 DIDACTIC PIECES . grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, ...
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