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 Reading |
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Page xiv
... mankind had trans- greffed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on firft ; and the line be read , " Of man's firft difobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an ...
... mankind had trans- greffed in a peculiar manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on firft ; and the line be read , " Of man's firft difobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an ...
Page xxiii
... mankind ' , " it will at least alleviate them . " The fufpending paufe is often , in the fame fentence , attended with both the rifing and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be feen in this example : " Moderate exercife , and ...
... mankind ' , " it will at least alleviate them . " The fufpending paufe is often , in the fame fentence , attended with both the rifing and the falling inflection of voice ; as will be feen in this example : " Moderate exercife , and ...
Page 8
... mankind more general- ly agreed . The appearances of our fecurity are frequently deceitful . When our fky feems moft fettled and ferene , in fome unobserved quarter gathers the lit- tle black cloud , in which the tempeft ferments , and ...
... mankind more general- ly agreed . The appearances of our fecurity are frequently deceitful . When our fky feems moft fettled and ferene , in fome unobserved quarter gathers the lit- tle black cloud , in which the tempeft ferments , and ...
Page 24
... be bleffings to the world , funk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuifance of fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to ftore futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; 24 Part I The English Reader .
... be bleffings to the world , funk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuifance of fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to ftore futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; 24 Part I The English Reader .
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... mankind , we fhall find that , in every age , they who have been refpected as worthy , or ad- mired as great , have been distinguished for this virtue . Revenge dwells in little minds . A noble and magnanimous fpirit is always fuperior ...
... mankind , we fhall find that , in every age , they who have been refpected as worthy , or ad- mired as great , have been distinguished for this virtue . Revenge dwells in little minds . A noble and magnanimous fpirit is always fuperior ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffed caufe cauſe confider courfe defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs emphafis evils eyes fafe faid fame fatisfaction fcene fecret feemed felves fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labour laft laſt lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent proper Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft religion rife Sect SECTION ſhall ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife