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 Reading |
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... respect to one another , will probably have a much greater effect , in properly teaching the art of read- ing , than is commonly imagined . In such construc- tions , every thing is accommodated to the understand- ing and the voice ; and ...
... respect to one another , will probably have a much greater effect , in properly teaching the art of read- ing , than is commonly imagined . In such construc- tions , every thing is accommodated to the understand- ing and the voice ; and ...
Page xiv
... respect , imperfect , ( and many there are in this situation , ) it will be incumbent on his teacher to carry him back to these primary articulations ; and to suspend his pro- gress , till he become perfectly master of them . It will be ...
... respect , imperfect , ( and many there are in this situation , ) it will be incumbent on his teacher to carry him back to these primary articulations ; and to suspend his pro- gress , till he become perfectly master of them . It will be ...
Page xvi
... respect . When they read to others , and with solemnity , they pronounce the syllables in a different manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a ...
... respect . When they read to others , and with solemnity , they pronounce the syllables in a different manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a ...
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... respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it , so as to make every line sensible to the ear ; for , wliat is the use of melody , or for what end has the poet com- posed in verse , if in reading his lines , we suppress his numbers ...
... respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it , so as to make every line sensible to the ear ; for , wliat is the use of melody , or for what end has the poet com- posed in verse , if in reading his lines , we suppress his numbers ...
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... respect to one another , • 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures , • • 168 171 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples , in his ser- mon on the mount , • 10. Schemes of life often ...
... respect to one another , • 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures , • • 168 171 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples , in his ser- mon on the mount , • 10. Schemes of life often ...
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