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... Thefe fubjects are exhibited in a ftyle and , manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make ftrong and durable impreffions on , their minds . The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expreffion and ...
... Thefe fubjects are exhibited in a ftyle and , manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make ftrong and durable impreffions on , their minds . The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expreffion and ...
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... fo fuccessful as to accomplish thefe ends , even in a fmall degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 4 A PRE P P 240 INTRODUCTION . OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . PREFACE .
... fo fuccessful as to accomplish thefe ends , even in a fmall degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 4 A PRE P P 240 INTRODUCTION . OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . PREFACE .
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... thefe heads will , however , be found ufeful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utter- ance ; to give the young reader some taste of the fub- ject ; and to affift him in acquiring a juft and accurate mode of delivery . The ...
... thefe heads will , however , be found ufeful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utter- ance ; to give the young reader some taste of the fub- ject ; and to affift him in acquiring a juft and accurate mode of delivery . The ...
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... Thefe are circumstances which demand the feri- ous attention of every one to whom the education of youth is committed . SECTION II . DISTINCTNESS . In the next place , to being well heard and clearly under- flood , diftinctnefs of ...
... Thefe are circumstances which demand the feri- ous attention of every one to whom the education of youth is committed . SECTION II . DISTINCTNESS . In the next place , to being well heard and clearly under- flood , diftinctnefs of ...
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... thefe primary articulations ; and to fuf- pend his progrefs , till he become perfectly master of them . It will be in vain to prefs him forward , with the hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every ...
... thefe primary articulations ; and to fuf- pend his progrefs , till he become perfectly master of them . It will be in vain to prefs him forward , with the hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every ...
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Page 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 224 - 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.
Page 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.