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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 páginas |
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... person who reads to others , doubtless , must be to make himself heard by all those to whom he reads . He must ... person has three pitches in his voice ; the high , the middle , and the low one . The high , is that which he uses in ...
... person who reads to others , doubtless , must be to make himself heard by all those to whom he reads . He must ... person has three pitches in his voice ; the high , the middle , and the low one . The high , is that which he uses in ...
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... person may make between himself and others ; or between the misfortune which he suffers , and greater misfortunes which might have befallen him . Το 12. I like the story of the honest Dutchman , who , upon breaking his leg by a fall ...
... person may make between himself and others ; or between the misfortune which he suffers , and greater misfortunes which might have befallen him . Το 12. I like the story of the honest Dutchman , who , upon breaking his leg by a fall ...
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... person who is possessed of them . - Without it , learning is pedantry , and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors , and active to his own prejudice . 6 ...
... person who is possessed of them . - Without it , learning is pedantry , and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors , and active to his own prejudice . 6 ...
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Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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