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Page 6
... true har . mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observa ble in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who ...
... true har . mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable monotony , are most observa ble in persons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who ...
Page 8
... true and best pronunciation of the words of our language . By attentively cons itirg them , particularly " Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary , " the young reader wil be much assisted , in his endeavours to attain a correct pronunciation ...
... true and best pronunciation of the words of our language . By attentively cons itirg them , particularly " Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary , " the young reader wil be much assisted , in his endeavours to attain a correct pronunciation ...
Page 10
... true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately 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 ...
... true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately 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 ...
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... True happiness is of a retired nature ; an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our ...
... True happiness is of a retired nature ; an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our ...
Page 20
... and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion , breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from 20 Part 1 The English Reader.
... and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion , breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from 20 Part 1 The English Reader.
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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.