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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... whole of a discourse .. To show the use and necessity of tones , we need on . ly observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion or agit- ation , from the different effects which those ...
... whole of a discourse .. To show the use and necessity of tones , we need on . ly observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion or agit- ation , from the different effects which those ...
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... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human ...
... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed into a proverb , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human ...
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... whole nature . Consider your- selves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industri- ous , peaceable and ...
... whole nature . Consider your- selves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industri- ous , peaceable and ...
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... whole load of human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup which Providence has prepared for ...
... whole load of human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup which Providence has prepared for ...
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... whole character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper ad- justment of the several principles of action in human nature , a matter ...
... whole character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper ad- justment of the several principles of action in human nature , a matter ...
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