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 Inclucate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDurrie & Peck, 1830 - 204 páginas Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which ...
... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which ...
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... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to ob- serve it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear : for , what is the use of melody ...
... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to ob- serve it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear : for , what is the use of melody ...
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... renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the ...
... renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the ...
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... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to ob- serve it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear : for , what is the use of melody ...
... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to ob- serve it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear : for , what is the use of melody ...
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... renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the ...
... renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the ...
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