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... voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences . which are diversifiedt proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this na- ture are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and ...
... voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences . which are diversifiedt proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this na- ture are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and ...
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... 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 on these points , much will remain to be taught by 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 on these points , much will remain to be taught by the ...
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... voice the space occupied by the company . This power of voice , it may be thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for ...
... voice the space occupied by the company . This power of voice , it may be thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good measure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends . for ...
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... voice will make it reach farther , than the strongest voice can reach without it . To this , therefore , every reader ought to pay great attention . He must give every sound which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every syllable ...
... voice will make it reach farther , than the strongest voice can reach without it . To this , therefore , every reader ought to pay great attention . He must give every sound which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every syllable ...
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... voice , by which we dis tinguish some word or words , on which we design to lay particular stress , and to show how they affect the rest of the sentence . Sometimes the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice ...
... voice , by which we dis tinguish some word or words , on which we design to lay particular stress , and to show how they affect the rest of the sentence . Sometimes the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice ...
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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.