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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... young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the so- ber ...
... young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the so- ber ...
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... young reader must , in the next place , study , is propriety of pronun- ciation ; or , giving to every word which he utters , that sound which the best usage of the language appropriates to it ; in opposition to broad , vulgar , or ...
... young reader must , in the next place , study , is propriety of pronun- ciation ; or , giving to every word which he utters , that sound which the best usage of the language appropriates to it ; in opposition to broad , vulgar , or ...
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... young woman . 1. I WRITE this under the utmost oppression of sorrow : the youngest daughter of my friend Fundanus is dead ! Never surely was there a more agreeable , and more amiable young person ; or one who better deserved to have ...
... young woman . 1. I WRITE this under the utmost oppression of sorrow : the youngest daughter of my friend Fundanus is dead ! Never surely was there a more agreeable , and more amiable young person ; or one who better deserved to have ...
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of future felicity | 80 |
Cicero against Verres | 91 |
An address to young persons | 100 |
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