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Page 6
... pass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most perse - ` vering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we ...
... pass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most perse - ` vering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we ...
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... pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the proper seats of these accents , it is an important rule , to give every word just the same accent in read- ing , as in common discourse . Many persons err in this ...
... pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the proper seats of these accents , it is an important rule , to give every word just the same accent in read- ing , as in common discourse . Many persons err in this ...
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... pass the last hours with comfort , to lay up such a treasure of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired SECTION V. W lost the government of himself ? THAT 22 ...
... pass the last hours with comfort , to lay up such a treasure of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired SECTION V. W lost the government of himself ? THAT 22 ...
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... passing the love of women . ' Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a mile and a half to the camp ; and being faint with the loss of ...
... passing the love of women . ' Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a mile and a half to the camp ; and being faint with the loss of ...
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... passing at that mo- ment throughout the world ; multitudes struggling for a poor subsistence , to support the wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them , with eager eyes , for that bread which they can hardly procure ...
... passing at that mo- ment throughout the world ; multitudes struggling for a poor subsistence , to support the wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them , with eager eyes , for that bread which they can hardly procure ...
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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.