Introduction to the English Reader, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading, and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue : to which are Added, Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with ProprietyEdwin T. Scott, 1826 - 167 pages |
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... nature ; and also a proper book for those schools , in which , from their circumscribed plan of education , larger works of the kind cannot be admitted . Advertisement to the Second English Edition. ́ THE Compiler has added to this ...
... nature ; and also a proper book for those schools , in which , from their circumscribed plan of education , larger works of the kind cannot be admitted . Advertisement to the Second English Edition. ́ THE Compiler has added to this ...
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... nature attests the great Creator , 26. Praise due to God for his wonderful works , 151 27. The happy end , · 28 : A kind and gentle temper of great impor- tance to the happiness of life , 29. Simplicity , 30. Care and Generosity , - ib ...
... nature attests the great Creator , 26. Praise due to God for his wonderful works , 151 27. The happy end , · 28 : A kind and gentle temper of great impor- tance to the happiness of life , 29. Simplicity , 30. Care and Generosity , - ib ...
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... natural . V. Endeavor to vary and modulate the voice accord- ing to the nature of the subject , whether it be in a solemn , a serious , a familiar , a gay , a humorous , or an ironical strain . It would be highly improper to read an ...
... natural . V. Endeavor to vary and modulate the voice accord- ing to the nature of the subject , whether it be in a solemn , a serious , a familiar , a gay , a humorous , or an ironical strain . It would be highly improper to read an ...
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... natural tone of voice . We shall now caution young readers against some faults which many are apt to commit . In doing this , it will unavoidably hap- pen , that a few of the preceding observations will , in some re- spects , be ...
... natural tone of voice . We shall now caution young readers against some faults which many are apt to commit . In doing this , it will unavoidably hap- pen , that a few of the preceding observations will , in some re- spects , be ...
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... nature of the points , and the length of the periods ; and the reader's mind should be attentive to the sub- ject , sense , and spirit of his author . 5. With the utmost care avoid a flat , dull , uniform voice , without emphasis or ...
... nature of the points , and the length of the periods ; and the reader's mind should be attentive to the sub- ject , sense , and spirit of his author . 5. With the utmost care avoid a flat , dull , uniform voice , without emphasis or ...
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Common terms and phrases
animal Arachne Aram ARTABANES BARBAULD beauty behold betimes birds blessings blest bosom bread breast brother Canute Catharina cheerful cries delight Domat eagle earth endeavor enjoy Euphronius eyes father faults favor fear flowers fond fortune fruit gentle give gratitude ground hand happiness Hast thou hear heart heaven honor human insect joys kind king labor live Livonia look Lord louis d'ors Marcus Aurelius mind morning mother nature negroes nest never night nosegay o'er obliged observed Offa ostrich parents passions peace PERCIVAL Perrin persons Pigalle pismire plain pleasure poor portunity pow'r praise pursue replied rest returned rich rise Robber SECTION III SECTION VII sleep Snail Socrates sorrows soul sound spect spring stranger stream sweet tears tempest tender Tetuan thee thine thing thought Thracian tree Tutor virtue voice walk William wings words young youth
Popular passages
Page 138 - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
Page 126 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 99 - They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.
Page 148 - Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break.
Page 149 - My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known : He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within Thy circling power I stand; On every side I find Thy hand: Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent, what lofty height!
Page 85 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Page 131 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 133 - I sing the goodness of the Lord That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good. 4 Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed Where'er I turn my eye; If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky! 5 There's not a plant or flower below But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne.
Page 147 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my spirits draws my breath tell me my soul can this be death the world recedes it disappears heaven opens on my eyes my ears with sounds seraphic ring lend lend your wings i mount i fly o grave where is thy victory o death where is thy sting.
Page 132 - I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with his word, And then pronounced them good.