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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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good mea sure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good mea sure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life ...
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... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
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... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
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... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies : " But what ! is thy ...
... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies : " But what ! is thy ...
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