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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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Página iv
... minds . † The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the least degree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he con- ceives to be peculiarly incumbent on ...
... minds . † The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the least degree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he con- ceives to be peculiarly incumbent on ...
Página xv
... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion or agit- ation , from the different effects which those ideas pro- duce in the speaker . Now the end of such communi- cation being , not merely to lay open ...
... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion or agit- ation , from the different effects which those ideas pro- duce in the speaker . Now the end of such communi- cation being , not merely to lay open ...
Página xvi
... mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion.- As the communication of these internal feelings , was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ideas , the Author of our being did not , as in ...
... mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion.- As the communication of these internal feelings , was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ideas , the Author of our being did not , as in ...
Página xvii
... mind , be still more faint than those which indicate agreeable emotions ; and on all occasions , preserve yourselves from being so far affected with the subject , as to be a- ble to proceed through it with that easy , and master- ly ...
... mind , be still more faint than those which indicate agreeable emotions ; and on all occasions , preserve yourselves from being so far affected with the subject , as to be a- ble to proceed through it with that easy , and master- ly ...
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... mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be at . tained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious ...
... mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be at . tained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.