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 ReadingLincoln & Edmands, 1824 - 264 Seiten |
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... sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound with- in the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the key and we shall always be able to give most body ...
... sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound with- in the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without altering the key and we shall always be able to give most body ...
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... sound . The quantity of sound necessary to fill even a large space , is smaller than is commonly imagined ; and , with distinct articula- tion , a person with a weak voice will make it reach farther , than the strongest voice can reach ...
... sound . The quantity of sound necessary to fill even a large space , is smaller than is commonly imagined ; and , with distinct articula- tion , a person with a weak voice will make it reach farther , than the strongest voice can reach ...
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... scours the plain , Flies o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . * Sensual pleasure Felling trees in a wood . Loud sounds the axe Chap . 1 . 189 Select Sentences , & c . Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,
... scours the plain , Flies o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . * Sensual pleasure Felling trees in a wood . Loud sounds the axe Chap . 1 . 189 Select Sentences , & c . Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,
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Select Sentences and Paragraphs | 23 |
The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them | 37 |
No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind | 39 |
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