The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 страници |
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... must take the highest pitch of his voice , in order to be well heard in a large company . This is confounding two things which are different , loudness or ftrength of found , with the key or note on which we fpeak . There is a variety ...
... must take the highest pitch of his voice , in order to be well heard in a large company . This is confounding two things which are different , loudness or ftrength of found , with the key or note on which we fpeak . There is a variety ...
Страница vii
... must give every found which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every fyllable , and even every letter in the word which he pro- nounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whispering , or fuppressing any of the proper ...
... must give every found which he utters , its due proportion ; and make every fyllable , and even every letter in the word which he pro- nounces , be heard distinctly ; without slurring , whispering , or fuppressing any of the proper ...
Страница ix
... must be diftin- guished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a particular ftrefs . On the right management of the emphafis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is discourse ...
... must be diftin- guished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a particular ftrefs . On the right management of the emphafis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is discourse ...
Страница x
... must be de- termined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and always made alike but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its fituation and quantity . Among the number of perfons , who have had ...
... must be de- termined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and always made alike but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its fituation and quantity . Among the number of perfons , who have had ...
Страница xi
... must arise from feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of ...
... must arise from feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of ...
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Страница 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
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Страница 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
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Страница 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
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