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 ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 頁 |
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第 xi 頁
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our ...
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our ...
第 xiii 頁
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable ...
... rendered incapable of that variety of elevation and depression , which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure to the audience . This unnatural pitch of the voice , and disagreeable ...
第 xiv 頁
... outrunning the speaker , must render every such per- formance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ; and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when xiv . INTRODUCTION .
... outrunning the speaker , must render every such per- formance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ; and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when xiv . INTRODUCTION .
第 xvii 頁
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the INFERIOR emphasis . The superior ...
... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound the meaning wholly . Emphasis may be divided into the SUPERIOR and the INFERIOR emphasis . The superior ...
第 xx 頁
... render his modulation cor- rect and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . + pathetic expostulation in the prophecy of Ezekiel , " Why XX . INTRODUCTION .
... render his modulation cor- rect and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . + pathetic expostulation in the prophecy of Ezekiel , " Why XX . INTRODUCTION .
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