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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - Всего страниц: 254 |
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Стр. iv
... thofe which tend to infpire a due reverence for virtue , and an abhorrence of vice , as well as to animate them with fentiments of piety and goodnefs . Such impref- fions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their ...
... thofe which tend to infpire a due reverence for virtue , and an abhorrence of vice , as well as to animate them with fentiments of piety and goodnefs . Such impref- fions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their ...
Стр. vii
... thofe to whom he reads . He muft endeavour to fill with his voice the space occupied by the company . This power of voice , it may be thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may ...
... thofe to whom he reads . He muft endeavour to fill with his voice the space occupied by the company . This power of voice , it may be thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may ...
Стр. xiv
... thofe ideas produce in the fpeaker , Now the end of fuch communication being , not merely to lay open the ideas , but alfo the different feelings which they excite in him who utters them , there must be other figns than words , to ...
... thofe ideas produce in the fpeaker , Now the end of fuch communication being , not merely to lay open the ideas , but alfo the different feelings which they excite in him who utters them , there must be other figns than words , to ...
Стр. xvi
... thofe tones which fignify any difagreeable paf- fion of the mind , be ftill more faint than thofe which indicate agreeable emotions and , on all occafions , preferve yourself fo far from being affected , with the fubject , as to be able ...
... thofe tones which fignify any difagreeable paf- fion of the mind , be ftill more faint than thofe which indicate agreeable emotions and , on all occafions , preferve yourself fo far from being affected , with the fubject , as to be able ...
Стр. xix
... thofe inflections . The regular application of the rifing and falling inflec- tions , confers fo much beauty on expreffion , and is so necef- fary to be ftudied by the young reader , that we shall infert a few more examples to induce ...
... thofe inflections . The regular application of the rifing and falling inflec- tions , confers fo much beauty on expreffion , and is so necef- fary to be ftudied by the young reader , that we shall infert a few more examples to induce ...
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