The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best Writers |
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... 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 READING ...
... 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 READING ...
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... persons . Performances of this kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and ...
... persons . Performances of this kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and ...
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... person who writes for the be- nefit of youth . It would , indeed , be a great and happy improve- ment in education ... persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to ...
... person who writes for the be- nefit of youth . It would , indeed , be a great and happy improve- ment in education ... persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to ...
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... person 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 approaches to a whisper . The middle is , that which ...
... person 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 approaches to a whisper . The middle is , that which ...
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... persons in the company , and to consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , pro- vided he is within ...
... persons in the company , and to consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , pro- vided he is within ...
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