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... proper further to 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 ...
... proper further to 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 ...
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... proper occasions , they were cacouraged to peruse those which tend to inspire a due reverence for virtue , and an abhorrence of vice , as well as to ani- rate them with sentiments of piety and goodness Such impres sions deeply engraven ...
... proper occasions , they were cacouraged to peruse those which tend to inspire a due reverence for virtue , and an abhorrence of vice , as well as to ani- rate them with sentiments of piety and goodness Such impres sions deeply engraven ...
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... proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered ...
... proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered ...
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... proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per son has three pitches in his voice ; the High , the Middle , and the Low one . The high , is that which he uses in calling aloud to some person at a distance . The low , is when he ...
... proper pitch and management of the voice . Every per son has three pitches in his voice ; the High , the Middle , and the Low one . The high , is that which he uses in calling aloud to some person at a distance . The low , is when he ...
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... proper sounds . An accurate knowledge of the simple , elementary sounds of the language and a facility in expressing them , are so necessary to distinctness of expression that if the learner's attainments are , in this respect ...
... proper sounds . An accurate knowledge of the simple , elementary sounds of the language and a facility in expressing them , are so necessary to distinctness of expression that if the learner's attainments are , in this respect ...
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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.