The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 1 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read vi PREFACE .
... Author fhould be fo fuccefsful as to ac- complish these ends , even in a small degree , he will think his time and pains well employed , and himself amply rewarded . 1 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read vi PREFACE .
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... himself be heard by all those to whom he reads . He must 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 meafure , the gift of ...
... himself be heard by all those to whom he reads . He must 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 meafure , the gift of ...
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... himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be a conftant rule , never to utter a greater ...
... himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be a conftant rule , never to utter a greater ...
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... himself can " make them right : if founded in truth , no cenfure from " others can make them wrong . " " Though deep , yet c'ear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; " " Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . " " A friend ...
... himself can " make them right : if founded in truth , no cenfure from " others can make them wrong . " " Though deep , yet c'ear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; " " Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . " " A friend ...
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... himself upon our na- ture , in the fame manner as he has done with regard to the reft of the animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed , from the fupe- rior rank that we hold , are in ...
... himself upon our na- ture , in the fame manner as he has done with regard to the reft of the animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed , from the fupe- rior rank that we hold , are in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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