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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... means , than the force of example influencing the imi- tative powers of the learner . Some rules and principles on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
... means , than the force of example influencing the imi- tative powers of the learner . Some rules and principles on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
Page xxvii
... not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquired from reading books accord- ing to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing b 2 INTRODUCTION . xxvii .
... not upon the stiff artificial manner , which is acquired from reading books accord- ing to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing b 2 INTRODUCTION . xxvii .
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... mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and diguities , ) - I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condition . We have obliged some persons ...
... mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and diguities , ) - I presume the self - love common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condition . We have obliged some persons ...
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... means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous , not to say criminal ; and desired to ...
... means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous , not to say criminal ; and desired to ...
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... means to unite pleasure with business , and to gain the reward of diligence without suffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , still continued to walk for a time , without the least remission of his ardour , except that he was some ...
... means to unite pleasure with business , and to gain the reward of diligence without suffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , still continued to walk for a time , without the least remission of his ardour , except that he was some ...
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