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... feel- ings of the author , whose sentiments he professe to repeat : for how is it pos- sible to represent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate concep . tions of ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting ...
... feel- ings of the author , whose sentiments he professe to repeat : for how is it pos- sible to represent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate concep . tions of ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting ...
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... feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learn- er ; namely , that of inultiplying ...
... feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learn- er ; namely , that of inultiplying ...
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... feel ing It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the va- riety of tones belonging to ...
... feel ing It is chiefly in the proper use of these tones , that the life , spirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery consist . The limits of this introduction do not admit of examples , to illustrate the va- riety of tones belonging to ...
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... feel a sort of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines barmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
... feel a sort of struggle between the sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines barmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the ...
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... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , should correct anxiety about worldly success . The veil which covers from our sight the events of suc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , should correct anxiety about worldly success . The veil which covers from our sight the events of suc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.