The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 pagini |
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Pagina 9
... fall an emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it would read thus : “ Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit , ” & c . But if it were a notorious truth , that mankind had transgressed in a peculiar manner more ...
... fall an emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it would read thus : “ Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit , ” & c . But if it were a notorious truth , that mankind had transgressed in a peculiar manner more ...
Pagina 15
... fall or elevation of the voice , it should be denoted only by so slight a suspension of sound , as may distinguish the passage from one line to another , without injuring the meaning . The other kind of melodious pause , is that which ...
... fall or elevation of the voice , it should be denoted only by so slight a suspension of sound , as may distinguish the passage from one line to another , without injuring the meaning . The other kind of melodious pause , is that which ...
Pagina 78
... fall away into nothing , almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at the point of per- fection that he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and ...
... fall away into nothing , almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at the point of per- fection that he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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