The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articula tion , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articula tion , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
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... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the accent . This is demonstrable from the following examples : " He shall increase , but I shall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and ...
... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the accent . This is demonstrable from the following examples : " He shall increase , but I shall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and ...
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... regard to the closing pause ; it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfre- quently connected with the rising inflection . Interrogative sentences , for in- stance , are often terminated in ...
... regard to the closing pause ; it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfre- quently connected with the rising inflection . Interrogative sentences , for in- stance , are often terminated in ...
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... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finish- ed , rhyme renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finish- ed , rhyme renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
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... regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the line sound somewhat unharmoniously ; but the effect would be much worse , if the sense were sacrificed to the ...
... regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the line sound somewhat unharmoniously ; but the effect would be much worse , if the sense were sacrificed to the ...
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Page 200 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 223 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 23 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 230 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 224 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 242 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit. In this or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
Page 229 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar: Wait the great teacher, death, and God adore! What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Page 245 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 198 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.