The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingH. Hill, 1828 - Всего страниц: 252 |
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... voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect ...
... voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences , which are diversified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect ...
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... Voice ; Distinctness ; Slowness ; Propriety of Pronunciation ; Emphasis ; Tones ; Pauses ; and Mode of Reading Verse . SECTION I. Proper Loudness of Voice . THE first attention of every person who reads to others , doubtless , must be ...
... Voice ; Distinctness ; Slowness ; Propriety of Pronunciation ; Emphasis ; Tones ; Pauses ; and Mode of Reading Verse . SECTION I. Proper Loudness of Voice . THE first attention of every person who reads to others , doubtless , must be ...
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... voice to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue our- selves ...
... voice to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves less compass , and are likely to strain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue our- selves ...
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... voice , by the pauses and rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental ...
... voice , by the pauses and rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental ...
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... voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which in its nature , is perfectly distinct from em- phasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ...
... voice , which is perceived in uttering a sentence , and which in its nature , is perfectly distinct from em- phasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ...
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Стр. 200 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Стр. 223 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Стр. 23 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Стр. 230 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Стр. 224 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Стр. 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Стр. 242 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit. In this or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
Стр. 229 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar: Wait the great teacher, death, and God adore! What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Стр. 245 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Стр. 198 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.