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 Reading |
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... attention and prac- tice , joined to extraordinary natural powers ; but as there are many de- grees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfec- tion will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may ...
... attention and prac- tice , joined to extraordinary natural powers ; but as there are many de- grees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfec- tion will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may ...
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... attention to the tone and lan- guage of emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limita- tion . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when the reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes ...
... attention to the tone and lan- guage of emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limita- tion . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when the reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes ...
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... attention to these resting places , has perhaps been one cause of monotony , by lead- ing the reader to a similar tone at every stop , and a uniform cadence at every period . The primary use of points , is to assist the reader in ...
... attention to these resting places , has perhaps been one cause of monotony , by lead- ing the reader to a similar tone at every stop , and a uniform cadence at every period . The primary use of points , is to assist the reader in ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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