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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 páginas |
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Página iii
... nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of sentences , in which variety and proportion , with exact punctuation , have been care- fully observed , in all their parts ...
... nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of sentences , in which variety and proportion , with exact punctuation , have been care- fully observed , in all their parts ...
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... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has ...
... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has ...
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... 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 person has three pitches ...
... 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 person has three pitches ...
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... nature and use of the inferiour em- phasis : " Many persons mistake the love for the practice of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who can- not forget me ? " " I his principles are false , no ...
... nature and use of the inferiour em- phasis : " Many persons mistake the love for the practice of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who can- not forget me ? " " I his principles are false , no ...
Página ix
... nature , in the same manner as he has done with regard to the rest of the animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed from the superiour rank that we held , are in a high degree more ...
... nature , in the same manner as he has done with regard to the rest of the animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed from the superiour rank that we held , are in a high degree more ...
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Página 163 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Página 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Página 82 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Página 183 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 183 - Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 179 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
Página 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Página 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Página 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Página 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.