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 Inclucate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDurrie & Peck, 1830 - 204 Seiten Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... 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 reads . He must endea- vour to fill with his voice the space ...
... 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 reads . He must endea- vour to fill with his voice the space ...
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... Verse . WHEN we are reading verse , there is a peculiar difficulty in making the pauses justly . The difficulty arises from the melody of verse , which dictates to the ear puses or rests of its own and to adjust and compound these pro ...
... Verse . WHEN we are reading verse , there is a peculiar difficulty in making the pauses justly . The difficulty arises from the melody of verse , which dictates to the ear puses or rests of its own and to adjust and compound these pro ...
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... verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the sense , the line can be read easily ; as in the two first verses of Pope's Messiah : " Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song ; " To ...
... verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the sense , the line can be read easily ; as in the two first verses of Pope's Messiah : " Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song ; " To ...
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... Verse . WHEN we are reading verse , there is a peculiar difficulty in making the pauses justly . The difficulty arises from the melody of verse , which dictates to the ear puses or rests of its own and to adjust and compound these pro ...
... Verse . WHEN we are reading verse , there is a peculiar difficulty in making the pauses justly . The difficulty arises from the melody of verse , which dictates to the ear puses or rests of its own and to adjust and compound these pro ...
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... verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the sense , the line can be read easily ; as in the two first verses of Pope's Messiah : " Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song ; " To ...
... verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the sense , the line can be read easily ; as in the two first verses of Pope's Messiah : " Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song ; " To ...
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ADDISON ages offend amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble cæsural pause Caius Verres character comfort death delightful Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments envy errours eternity ev'ry evil falling inflection father folly give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge judgement Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery misfortunes morning calls nature never numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace perfection perly person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising savage nations scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth