The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments and to Inculate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue, with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... kind are of so great utility , that fresh Froductions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will Barcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer makes his compilation instructive nd interesting , and sufficiently distinct ...
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh Froductions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will Barcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer makes his compilation instructive nd interesting , and sufficiently distinct ...
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... kind are of so great utility , that fresh Froductions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will Barcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer makes his compilation instructive nd interesting , and sufficiently distinct ...
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh Froductions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will Barcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer makes his compilation instructive nd interesting , and sufficiently distinct ...
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... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the middle of the verse , and divides it into two hemistichs ; a pause , not so great as that which belongs to the close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear ...
... kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the middle of the verse , and divides it into two hemistichs ; a pause , not so great as that which belongs to the close of the line , but still sensible to an ordinary ear ...
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... kind . The following lines ex- emplify the demi - cæsura : " Warms ' in the sun " , refreshes ' in the breeze , " Glows ' in the stars " , and blossoms ' in the trees ; " Lives ' through all life " ; extends ' through all extent ...
... kind . The following lines ex- emplify the demi - cæsura : " Warms ' in the sun " , refreshes ' in the breeze , " Glows ' in the stars " , and blossoms ' in the trees ; " Lives ' through all life " ; extends ' through all extent ...
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... . It is social , kind , and cheerful ; far removed from that gloomy and illibe- ral superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves 16 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
... . It is social , kind , and cheerful ; far removed from that gloomy and illibe- ral superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves 16 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected From the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected From the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley 1745-1826 1n Murray No preview available - 2021 |
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