The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Form the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingW. and J. Bolles, 1834 - 252 páginas |
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... wish to become good readers ; and it cannot be too much recommend . ed to them . Such a pronunciation gives weight and dignity to the subject . It is a great assistance to the voice , by the pauses and rests which it allows the reader ...
... wish to become good readers ; and it cannot be too much recommend . ed to them . Such a pronunciation gives weight and dignity to the subject . It is a great assistance to the voice , by the pauses and rests which it allows the reader ...
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... wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may aonsult Walker's Elements of Elocution . SECTION VIII . — Manner of reading Verse . WHEN we are reading ...
... wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may aonsult Walker's Elements of Elocution . SECTION VIII . — Manner of reading Verse . WHEN we are reading ...
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... wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful ...
... wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful ...
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... wish to pass their last hours with comfort , to lay up such a trease of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the show of external ...
... wish to pass their last hours with comfort , to lay up such a trease of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the show of external ...
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... wishes , and bis wish is gratified ; all whom he sees , obey him , and all whom he hears , flatter him . How different , 0 , Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no ...
... wishes , and bis wish is gratified ; all whom he sees , obey him , and all whom he hears , flatter him . How different , 0 , Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no ...
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ADHERBAL affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Calabria character cheerful comfort death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect persons pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth