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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina v
... render his voice lower , 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 NOTE ...
... render his voice lower , 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 NOTE ...
Pagina vi
... to be always out- running the speaker , must render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common , and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when it INTRODUCTION .
... to be always out- running the speaker , must render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common , and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when it INTRODUCTION .
Pagina viii
... render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judi- cious and accurate speakers . As emphasis often falls on words in different parts of viii INTRODUCTION .
... render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judi- cious and accurate speakers . As emphasis often falls on words in different parts of viii INTRODUCTION .
Pagina ix
... render every thing he expresses of high impor- tance , by a multitude of strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with ...
... render every thing he expresses of high impor- tance , by a multitude of strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with ...
Pagina xi
... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which ...
... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which ...
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Pagina 163 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Pagina 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Pagina 82 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Pagina 183 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 183 - Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 179 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
Pagina 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Pagina 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Pagina 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Pagina 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.