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, 1842 - 252 páginas |
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... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great variety ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great variety ...
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... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reasor . to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have estab- lished our principles ...
... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reasor . to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have estab- lished our principles ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
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... object of his resentment . The palace of virtue has , in all ages , beer represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a conductor is ...
... object of his resentment . The palace of virtue has , in all ages , beer represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a conductor is ...
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