The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 |
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Strona vi
... shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accustomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves lefs ...
... shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accustomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves lefs ...
Strona x
... Shall I reward his fervices with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no apology from himself can make them right if founded in truth , no cenfure from others can make them wrong ...
... Shall I reward his fervices with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no apology from himself can make them right if founded in truth , no cenfure from others can make them wrong ...
Strona xi
... shall increase , but I fhall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this fpecies of composition , plausibility is much more essential than proba- bility . " In these examples , the emphasis requires ...
... shall increase , but I fhall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this fpecies of composition , plausibility is much more essential than proba- bility . " In these examples , the emphasis requires ...
Strona xii
... shall , however , felect one , which is extracted from the beautiful lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan , and which will , in fome degree , elucidate what has been faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Ifrael is slain upon thy ...
... shall , however , felect one , which is extracted from the beautiful lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan , and which will , in fome degree , elucidate what has been faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Ifrael is slain upon thy ...
Strona xiii
... shall conclude this section with the following rule , for the tones that indicate the paffions and emotions . “ In reading , let all your tones of expression be borrowed from those of common speech , but , in fome degree , more faintly ...
... shall conclude this section with the following rule , for the tones that indicate the paffions and emotions . “ In reading , let all your tones of expression be borrowed from those of common speech , but , in fome degree , more faintly ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
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Strona 229 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Strona 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Strona 208 - 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.
Strona 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Strona 190 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Strona 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Strona 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Strona 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Strona 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Strona 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...