The English Reader Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the necessity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with ...
... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the necessity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with ...
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... ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
... ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
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... ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . By the help of glasses , we see many stars , which we do not discover with our naked eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more still are ...
... ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . By the help of glasses , we see many stars , which we do not discover with our naked eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more still are ...
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of future felicity | 80 |
Cicero against Verres | 91 |
An address to young persons | 100 |
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