The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the English Language; Instructions for Reading Both Prose and Verse, with Numerous Examples for Illustration, and Lessons for PracticeRobins & Smith, 1845 - 320 pages |
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... thing , as to have said much less . There is hardly a stranger conceit on the whole subject of education , than the one that correct reading can be taught successfully without precepts , or with such few and meager ones as to strip them ...
... thing , as to have said much less . There is hardly a stranger conceit on the whole subject of education , than the one that correct reading can be taught successfully without precepts , or with such few and meager ones as to strip them ...
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... thing of value is left out , in which much is promised , and very little or nothing accomplished , are the books which are chiefly recommended to the use of scholars . In attempting and promising to bring every thing down to the ...
... thing of value is left out , in which much is promised , and very little or nothing accomplished , are the books which are chiefly recommended to the use of scholars . In attempting and promising to bring every thing down to the ...
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... thing which is here offered ; but , allowing that some time and at- tention are required for this object , who that adequately esti- mates the importance of reading well , would grudge the expense of a little time and labor for its ...
... thing which is here offered ; but , allowing that some time and at- tention are required for this object , who that adequately esti- mates the importance of reading well , would grudge the expense of a little time and labor for its ...
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... thing except elocution . Some of these do not even profess to give instructions in this department ; that is , they are books which teach , without teaching : others do indeed profess to give something under the name and form of rules ...
... thing except elocution . Some of these do not even profess to give instructions in this department ; that is , they are books which teach , without teaching : others do indeed profess to give something under the name and form of rules ...
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... thing relating to the structure of its organs and the mode of their operation . How few , even among persons advanced in life , and , it might be added , among scholars too , understand the true distinction between a vowel and a con ...
... thing relating to the structure of its organs and the mode of their operation . How few , even among persons advanced in life , and , it might be added , among scholars too , understand the true distinction between a vowel and a con ...
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