The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingM'Carty & Davis, 1826 - 316 стор. |
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Сторінка xi
... nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every person has three pitches in his voice ; the HIGH , the MIDDLE , and the LOW one ...
... nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every person has three pitches in his voice ; the HIGH , the MIDDLE , and the LOW one ...
Сторінка xviii
... short sentence , which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the emphasis only , " Do you ride to town to - day ? " The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the xviii . INTRODUCTION .
... short sentence , which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the emphasis only , " Do you ride to town to - day ? " The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the xviii . INTRODUCTION .
Сторінка xix
... nature and use of the inferior emphasis . " Many persons mistake the love , for the practice " of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall " I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no ...
... nature and use of the inferior emphasis . " Many persons mistake the love , for the practice " of virtue . " " Shall I reward his services with falsehood ? Shall " I forget him who cannot forget me ? " " If his principles are false , no ...
Сторінка xxiii
... nature , in the same manner as he has done with regard to the rest of the animal world ; all of which express their various fel ings , by various tones . Ozrs , indeed , from the sɩ pe- rior rank that we hold , are in a high degree more ...
... nature , in the same manner as he has done with regard to the rest of the animal world ; all of which express their various fel ings , by various tones . Ozrs , indeed , from the sɩ pe- rior rank that we hold , are in a high degree more ...
Сторінка xxviii
... nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which can seldom be exactly measured . Sometimes it is only a slight and simple suspension of voice that is proper ; sometimes a degree of cadence in the voice ...
... nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which can seldom be exactly measured . Sometimes it is only a slight and simple suspension of voice that is proper ; sometimes a degree of cadence in the voice ...
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