The Reader: Containing I. The Art of Delivery ... a Selection of Lessons in the Various Kinds of Prose. II. Poetick Numbers ... a Selection of Lessons in the Various Kinds of Verse. Being the Third Part of a Columbian Exercise ... an Easy and Systematical Method of Teaching of Learning the English LanguageJ. T. Buckingham, 1814 - Počet stran: 228 |
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Strana 7
... delight to the ear in the utter- ance of articulate sounds , is founded upon the same prin- ciple as that which pleases in musical compositions , I mean proportion ; and this has a two fold reference to time , and sound . The former of ...
... delight to the ear in the utter- ance of articulate sounds , is founded upon the same prin- ciple as that which pleases in musical compositions , I mean proportion ; and this has a two fold reference to time , and sound . The former of ...
Strana 14
... of amplification , enumeration , interrogation , metaphor , and every ornament that can ren- der a discourse entertaining , winning , striking , and enforc ing . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To 14 THE READER .
... of amplification , enumeration , interrogation , metaphor , and every ornament that can ren- der a discourse entertaining , winning , striking , and enforc ing . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To 14 THE READER .
Strana 15
... Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To teach the young idea how to shoot , To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind , To breathe the enlivening spirit , and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast . RULE III ...
... Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To teach the young idea how to shoot , To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind , To breathe the enlivening spirit , and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast . RULE III ...
Strana 19
... delightful . II . A man's fortune is more frequently made by his tongue , than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it , than by his vices . To labour and to be content with what a man hath , is a sweet life . There is ...
... delightful . II . A man's fortune is more frequently made by his tongue , than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it , than by his vices . To labour and to be content with what a man hath , is a sweet life . There is ...
Strana 34
... delightful as the hear- ing or speaking of truth . For this reason there is no conver sation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity , who hears without any intention to betray , and speaks without any intention to deceive . He ...
... delightful as the hear- ing or speaking of truth . For this reason there is no conver sation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity , who hears without any intention to betray , and speaks without any intention to deceive . He ...
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