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... short and general precepts and observations , as convey to them no clear and precise informa- tion . A distribution of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young understanding , and to ...
... short and general precepts and observations , as convey to them no clear and precise informa- tion . A distribution of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young understanding , and to ...
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... short space : they are b , d , g . The semi - vowels may be subdivided into vocal and aspirated . The vocal are those which are formed by the voice ; the aspirated , those formed by the breath . There are eleven vocal , and five ...
... short space : they are b , d , g . The semi - vowels may be subdivided into vocal and aspirated . The vocal are those which are formed by the voice ; the aspirated , those formed by the breath . There are eleven vocal , and five ...
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... short ; as in barrel , fancy , glass . The middle ; as in far , farm , father . The diphthong aa generally sounds like a short in proper names ; as in Balaam , Canaan , Isaac ; but not in Baal , Gaal . Ae has the sound of long c . It is ...
... short ; as in barrel , fancy , glass . The middle ; as in far , farm , father . The diphthong aa generally sounds like a short in proper names ; as in Balaam , Canaan , Isaac ; but not in Baal , Gaal . Ae has the sound of long c . It is ...
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... short sound ; as in men , bed , clemency . An obscure and scarcely perceptible sound ; as , open , lucre , participle . It has sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , serjeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England ...
... short sound ; as in men , bed , clemency . An obscure and scarcely perceptible sound ; as , open , lucre , participle . It has sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , serjeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England ...
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... short one ; as in fin . The long sound is always marked by the e final in monosylla- bles ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Before r it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ...
... short one ; as in fin . The long sound is always marked by the e final in monosylla- bles ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Before r it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ...
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Page 227 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 222 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
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Page 227 - He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 162 - By EMPHASIS is meant a stronger and fuller sound of voice, by which we distinguish some word or words on which we design to lay particular stress, and to show how they affect the rest of the sentence. Sometimes the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice, as well as by a greater stress.
Page 212 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
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Page 225 - When Natural Religion has thus viewed both, ask her, which is the Prophet of God? — But her answer we have already had, when she saw part of this scene, through the eyes of the Centurion, who attended at the cross. By him she spoke, and said, 'Truly this man was the Son of God.
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