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 pages |
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Page viii
... sound , with the key or note on which we speak . There is a variety of sound , within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without alter- ing 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 , within the compass of each key . A speaker may therefore render his voice louder , without alter- ing the key and we shall always be able to give most body ...
Page ix
... sound . The quantity of sound necessary to fill even a large space , is smaller than is commonly imagined ; and , with distinct ar- ticulation , 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 ar- ticulation , a person with a weak voice will make it reach farther than the strongest voice can reach ...
Page x
... sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental ... sound which the best usage of the language appropriates to it ; in opposition to broad , vulgar , or provincial ...
... sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental ... sound which the best usage of the language appropriates to it ; in opposition to broad , vulgar , or provincial ...
Page xi
... sound of voice , by which we distinguish some word or words , on which we design to lay particular stress , and to show how they affect the rest of the sentence . Some- times the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone ...
... sound of voice , by which we distinguish some word or words , on which we design to lay particular stress , and to show how they affect the rest of the sentence . Some- times the emphatic words must be distinguished by a particular tone ...
Page xiv
... sound judgement and correct taste . It will doubtless have different degrees of exertion , according to the greater or less degree of importance of the words upon which it operates ; and there may be very properly some variety in the ...
... sound judgement and correct taste . It will doubtless have different degrees of exertion , according to the greater or less degree of importance of the words upon which it operates ; and there may be very properly some variety in the ...
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