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 páginas |
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Página iii
... give exercise to a great varie- ty of emotions , and the correspondent tones and variations of voice , but contain sentences , and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Ex- ercises of ...
... give exercise to a great varie- ty of emotions , and the correspondent tones and variations of voice , but contain sentences , and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Ex- ercises of ...
Página vi
... give additional impor- tance to the study of this necessary and useful art . The perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to extraordinary natural powers ; but as there are many degrees of ...
... give additional impor- tance to the study of this necessary and useful art . The perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to extraordinary natural powers ; but as there are many degrees of ...
Página vii
... give the young reader some taste of the subject ; and to assist him in acquiring a just and accurate mode of delivery . The observations which we have to make , for these purposes , may be compris ed under the following heads : Proper ...
... give the young reader some taste of the subject ; and to assist him in acquiring a just and accurate mode of delivery . The observations which we have to make , for these purposes , may be compris ed under the following heads : Proper ...
Página viii
... give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are likely ...
... give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are likely ...
Página ix
... give every sound which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every sylla- ble , and even every letter in the word which he pro- nounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whis- pering , or suppressing , any of the proper ...
... give every sound which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every sylla- ble , and even every letter in the word which he pro- nounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whis- pering , or suppressing , any of the proper ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.