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... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been ...
... nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the attention of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been ...
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... natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per son has three pitches ...
... natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per son has three pitches ...
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... nature and use of the inferior emphasis : " Many persons mistake the love , for the practice of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no ...
... nature and use of the inferior emphasis : " Many persons mistake the love , for the practice of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no ...
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... natural , expressive tones of speech are suppressed ; and a few artificial , unmeaning reading notes , are ... nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis and are subject to the same rules ; especially to the ...
... natural , expressive tones of speech are suppressed ; and a few artificial , unmeaning reading notes , are ... nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis and are subject to the same rules ; especially to the ...
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... nature , perfectly distinct . Emphasis sometimes controls those inflections . The regular application of the rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader ...
... nature , perfectly distinct . Emphasis sometimes controls those inflections . The regular application of the rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.