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... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obviated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justness and facility , he will ...
... thing is accommodated to the understanding and the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obviated . When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justness and facility , he will ...
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... things which are different , loudness or strength of sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the com- pass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the ...
... things which are different , loudness or strength of sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound within the com- pass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the ...
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... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in them . selves , that it is evidently done with no other INTRODUCTION . The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples On the beauties of ...
... thing to be found in common discourse ; and even sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in them . selves , that it is evidently done with no other INTRODUCTION . The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples On the beauties of ...
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... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the un derstanding . " Some sentences are so full ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to ...
... things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the un derstanding . " Some sentences are so full ... thing he expresses of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to ...
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... things . For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper ... thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis ...
... things . For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper ... thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis ...
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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.