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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 страници |
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... many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the Author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the Encyclope- dia Britannica . fluencing the imitative powers of the learner . Some rules. INTRODUCTION .
... many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the Author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the Encyclope- dia Britannica . fluencing the imitative powers of the learner . Some rules. INTRODUCTION .
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... BLAIR . As Ortogrul of Bafa was one day wandering along the ftreets of Bagdat , mufing on the varieties of merchandise which the fhops offered to his view ; and obferving the dif- ferent occupations which bufied the multitudes on every ...
... BLAIR . As Ortogrul of Bafa was one day wandering along the ftreets of Bagdat , mufing on the varieties of merchandise which the fhops offered to his view ; and obferving the dif- ferent occupations which bufied the multitudes on every ...
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... been truly faid , that the greatest man on earth can no fooner com nit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater by forgiving it . BLAIR . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of Gentleness . 36 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
... been truly faid , that the greatest man on earth can no fooner com nit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater by forgiving it . BLAIR . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of Gentleness . 36 PART I THE ENGLISH READER .
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... BLAIR . A fufpicious temper the fource of mifery to its poffeffor . As a fufpicious fpirit is the fource of many crimes and ca- lamities in the world , fo it is the fpring of certain mifery to the perfon who indulges it . His friends ...
... BLAIR . A fufpicious temper the fource of mifery to its poffeffor . As a fufpicious fpirit is the fource of many crimes and ca- lamities in the world , fo it is the fpring of certain mifery to the perfon who indulges it . His friends ...
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... BLAIR . THERE are many who have paffed the age of youth and beauty ; who have refigned the pleafures of that fmiling feafon ; who begin to decline into the vale of years , im- paired in their health , depreffed in their fortunes ...
... BLAIR . THERE are many who have paffed the age of youth and beauty ; who have refigned the pleafures of that fmiling feafon ; who begin to decline into the vale of years , im- paired in their health , depreffed in their fortunes ...
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