The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 sider |
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Side iv
... nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of sentences , in which variety and proportion , with exact punctuation , have been carefully observed , in all their parts as ...
... nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of sentences , in which variety and proportion , with exact punctuation , have been carefully observed , in all their parts as ...
Side v
... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calcu- lated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . † The Compiler has ...
... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calcu- lated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . † The Compiler has ...
Side xi
... natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every person has three pitches ...
... natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every person has three pitches ...
Side xix
... nature and use of the inferior emphasis . 66 Many persons mistake the love , for the practice " of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall " I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false ...
... nature and use of the inferior emphasis . 66 Many persons mistake the love , for the practice " of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall " I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false ...
Side xx
... nature , is per- fectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation cor- rect and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most ...
... nature , is per- fectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation cor- rect and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most ...
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