The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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... tion entirely different . The language of the pieces chosen for this collection has -been carefully regarded . Purity , propriety , perspicuity , and , in many instances , elegance of diction , distinguish them . They are extracted from ...
... tion entirely different . The language of the pieces chosen for this collection has -been carefully regarded . Purity , propriety , perspicuity , and , in many instances , elegance of diction , distinguish them . They are extracted from ...
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... TION ; 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 , to make himself be heard by all those to whom he ...
... TION ; 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 , to make himself be heard by all those to whom he ...
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... tion that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their delivery . Whereas this is one of the greatest faults that can be committed in pronunciation : it makes what is called a pompous or mouthing ...
... tion that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their delivery . Whereas this is one of the greatest faults that can be committed in pronunciation : it makes what is called a pompous or mouthing ...
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... tion . * Notwithstanding this diversity of practice , there are certainly proper boundaries , within which this emphasis must be restrained , in order to make it meet the approbation of sound judgment and correct taste . It will ...
... tion . * Notwithstanding this diversity of practice , there are certainly proper boundaries , within which this emphasis must be restrained , in order to make it meet the approbation of sound judgment and correct taste . It will ...
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... tion . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers ; because it ...
... tion . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a theatrical manner , and must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers ; because it ...
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