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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 pages |
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Page viii
... hement manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to viii . Introduction .
... hement manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to viii . Introduction .
Page ix
... true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural . pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observable in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who ...
... true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural . pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observable in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who ...
Page xi
... true and best pronunciation of the words of our language . By attentively consulting them , particularly " Walker's Pronouncing Dictiona- ry , " the young reader will be much assisted , in his endeavors to attain a correct pronunciation ...
... true and best pronunciation of the words of our language . By attentively consulting them , particularly " Walker's Pronouncing Dictiona- ry , " the young reader will be much assisted , in his endeavors to attain a correct pronunciation ...
Page xv
... true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feel- ings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the ...
... true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feel- ings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the ...
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... True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first stady to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our ...
... True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first stady to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our ...
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