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Page 13
... rising and the falling inflection of voice , as will be seen in this example : " Mod erate exercise , and habitual temperance ' , strengthen the constitution . " * As the suspending pause may be thus attended with both the rising and ...
... rising and the falling inflection of voice , as will be seen in this example : " Mod erate exercise , and habitual temperance ' , strengthen the constitution . " * As the suspending pause may be thus attended with both the rising and ...
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... rising , the second the falling inflection : as , 64 Does his conduct support discipline ' , or destroy it \ " The rising and falling inflections must not be confounded with emphasis Though they may often coincide , they are , in their ...
... rising , the second the falling inflection : as , 64 Does his conduct support discipline ' , or destroy it \ " The rising and falling inflections must not be confounded with emphasis Though they may often coincide , they are , in their ...
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... rise to cravings which are never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . WE SECTION VI . E have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon his barns , and crowns his labours ...
... rise to cravings which are never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . WE SECTION VI . E have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon his barns , and crowns his labours ...
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... same man , by a change of condition , and an unguarded state of mind , transformed in all his sen timents ; and as he rose in greatness , rising also in till at last he completed that whole character of iniquity Chap . 2 33 Narrative ...
... same man , by a change of condition , and an unguarded state of mind , transformed in all his sen timents ; and as he rose in greatness , rising also in till at last he completed that whole character of iniquity Chap . 2 33 Narrative ...
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... and difficult . S1observed , that those , who had just begun to climb the hill , thought themselves not far rom the top ; but as they proceeded , new hills were continually rising to thejr view The English Reader . Part 1 .
... and difficult . S1observed , that those , who had just begun to climb the hill , thought themselves not far rom the top ; but as they proceeded , new hills were continually rising to thejr view The English Reader . Part 1 .
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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.