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 páginas |
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... reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been soli- citous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sa- cred Scriptures , by interspersing through his work , some of the most beautiful and ... READING . migh- Preface . y .
... reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been soli- citous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sa- cred Scriptures , by interspersing through his work , some of the most beautiful and ... READING . migh- Preface . y .
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... READING . Tatt O read with propriety , is a pleasing and important attainment ; productive of improvement both to the understanding and the heart . It is essential to a complete reader that he minutely perceives the ideas , and enters ...
... READING . Tatt O read with propriety , is a pleasing and important attainment ; productive of improvement both to the understanding and the heart . It is essential to a complete reader that he minutely perceives the ideas , and enters ...
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... reading verse . NOTE -For many of the observations contained in this pre- liminary tract , the Author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the Encyclopedia Britannica . omme SECTION I. Proper loudness of voice . THE first ...
... reading verse . NOTE -For many of the observations contained in this pre- liminary tract , the Author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the Encyclopedia Britannica . omme SECTION I. Proper loudness of voice . THE first ...
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... reading , as well as in conversation , it is possible to offend by speak- ing too loud . This extreme hurts the ear , by making the voice come upon it in rumbling indistinct masses . By the habit of reading , when young , in a loud and ...
... reading , as well as in conversation , it is possible to offend by speak- ing too loud . This extreme hurts the ear , by making the voice come upon it in rumbling indistinct masses . By the habit of reading , when young , in a loud and ...
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... reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud ex- pressions as the chief requisite in forming a good read- These are circumstances , which demand ...
... reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud ex- pressions as the chief requisite in forming a good read- These are circumstances , which demand ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.