Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons : Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry, Volume 1T. Longman, B. Law&Son, J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G.&J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Richardson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, F.&C. Rivington, R. Faulder, S. Hayes, Ogilvy&Speare, Vernor&Hood, W. Lowndes, C. Wynne, W. Bent, J. Scatcherd, G.&T. Wilkie, J. Walker, J. Evans, C.&G. Kearsley, and H. Murray, 1794 - 1119 pages |
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Page ix
... tion , if the importance of the matter be not fully answerable to fuch expectation , they occafion difappointment and difguft . But the most frequent and the principal ufe of paufes , is to mark the divifions of the fenfe , and at the ...
... tion , if the importance of the matter be not fully answerable to fuch expectation , they occafion difappointment and difguft . But the most frequent and the principal ufe of paufes , is to mark the divifions of the fenfe , and at the ...
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... tion . The general run of punctuation is very arbitrary ; often capricious and false ; and dictates an uniformity of tone in the pauses , which is extremely difagreeable : for we are to obferve , that to render paufes graceful and ...
... tion . The general run of punctuation is very arbitrary ; often capricious and false ; and dictates an uniformity of tone in the pauses , which is extremely difagreeable : for we are to obferve , that to render paufes graceful and ...
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... tion , are divided from one another by this cæfural paufe , we then feel a fort of flrug gle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines gracefully . The rule of proper pronun- ciation in fuch cafes ...
... tion , are divided from one another by this cæfural paufe , we then feel a fort of flrug gle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines gracefully . The rule of proper pronun- ciation in fuch cafes ...
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... tion of Luft of Virtue of Vanity of Avarice 90 Gentleness not to be confounded with in- fincere Politeness - 91 Opportunities for Benevolence rare , for Gentleness continual 92 Gentleness conducive to our Interest 62 62 63 Blair . 38 64 ...
... tion of Luft of Virtue of Vanity of Avarice 90 Gentleness not to be confounded with in- fincere Politeness - 91 Opportunities for Benevolence rare , for Gentleness continual 92 Gentleness conducive to our Interest 62 62 63 Blair . 38 64 ...
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... tion ; we fet forward with spirit and hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the ftrait road of piety towards the manfions of reft . In a fhort - time we remit our fervour , and endeavour to find fome ...
... tion ; we fet forward with spirit and hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the ftrait road of piety towards the manfions of reft . In a fhort - time we remit our fervour , and endeavour to find fome ...
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affiftance againſt alfo bad company becauſe beft beſt bleffings cafe caufe chearful chearfulneſs Chrift Chriftian confequence confider confideration converfation courfe defign defire difcover difpofed difpofition divine duty endeavour faid fame fecurity feek feem felves fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fociety fome foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human inftances intereft itſelf juft laft leaft lefs ligion mankind manner ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect reft religion ſhall ſpeak ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe wifdom youth