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... observe , that the Reader and the Sequel , besides teach ing to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be com sidered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustra thong of the ...
... observe , that the Reader and the Sequel , besides teach ing to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be com sidered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustra thong of the ...
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... observe , that in the existing publications design . ed for the perusal of young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much atten tion may be paid to this medium of improvement . When ...
... observe , that in the existing publications design . ed for the perusal of young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much atten tion may be paid to this medium of improvement . When ...
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... observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every such ...
... observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every such ...
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... observation , which it may not be improp . er here to make . In the English language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , and sometimes on the ...
... observation , which it may not be improp . er here to make . In the English language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , and sometimes on the ...
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... observe , that the mind , m communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agita- ton , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not ...
... observe , that the mind , m communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agita- ton , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not ...
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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.