The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 pages |
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Page iii
... sentences , and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Ex- ercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection ...
... sentences , and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Ex- ercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection ...
Page xi
... sentence . Some- times the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a particular stress . On the right management of the emphasis de pends the lite of pronunciation . If no emphasis be ...
... sentence . Some- times the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a particular stress . On the right management of the emphasis de pends the lite of pronunciation . If no emphasis be ...
Page xii
... sentence , with reference to something said fore , presupposed by the author as general knowledge , or removes an ambiguity , where a passage may have more senses than one . The inferior empha- sis enforces , graces and enlivens , but ...
... sentence , with reference to something said fore , presupposed by the author as general knowledge , or removes an ambiguity , where a passage may have more senses than one . The inferior empha- sis enforces , graces and enlivens , but ...
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... sentence , and which , in its nature , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and for this purpose should form it upon ...
... sentence , and which , in its nature , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and for this purpose should form it upon ...
Page xiv
... sentence , so it is frequently required to be continued , with a little variation , on two , and some- times more words together . The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich ...
... sentence , so it is frequently required to be continued , with a little variation , on two , and some- times more words together . The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich ...
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