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... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the necessity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with ...
... ourselves ? If there were no other benefits resulting from the art of reading well , than the necessity it lays us under , of precisely ascertaining the meaning of what we read ; and the habit thence acquired , of doing this with ...
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... ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
... ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let ...
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... ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on ...
... ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on ...
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... ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learn- er ; namely , that of inultiplying emphatical words too ...
... ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest to strike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learn- er ; namely , that of inultiplying emphatical words too ...
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... ourselves in ordinary , sensible conversation ; and not upon the stiff artifi elal manner , which is acquired from reading books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in ...
... ourselves in ordinary , sensible conversation ; and not upon the stiff artifi elal manner , which is acquired from reading books according to the common punctuation . It will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in ...
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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.