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 ReadingJohnston & Stockton, 1835 - 252 pages |
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Page 87
... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
Page 93
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense ; the inflec . tion ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense ; the inflec . tion ...
Page 105
... hope of future happiness , is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it soothes their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue , and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
... hope of future happiness , is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it soothes their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue , and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
Page 107
... hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay ...
... hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay ...
Page 111
... hope that better days may yet arise . How many young persons have , at first , set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , char- itable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
... hope that better days may yet arise . How many young persons have , at first , set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , char- itable , and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
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