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Page iii
... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obvi ated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justice and facility , he will ...
... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obvi ated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justice and facility , he will ...
Page vii
... things which are different , loudness or strength of sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the ...
... things which are different , loudness or strength of sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the ...
Page xii
... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater varie- ty to the modulation . Notwithstanding this ...
... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater varie- ty to the modulation . Notwithstanding this ...
Page xiii
... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye not ideas to the understanding . ** Some sentences are so full ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them ...
... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye not ideas to the understanding . ** Some sentences are so full ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them ...
Page xv
... things . For when reading becomes . strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers : be- cause it is inconsistent with that delicacy and modesty , which are ...
... things . For when reading becomes . strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers : be- cause it is inconsistent with that delicacy and modesty , which are ...
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Page 203 - want spectators, God want praise} Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. All these .with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each- to others* note,
Page 31 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never
Page 228 - dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea,. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face f Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 239 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, .And spread the truth from pole to pole. What tho' in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball 1
Page 202 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 190 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun "When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 234 - Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow ^Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise* Join voices all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings, and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk
Page 67 - 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