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 Reading |
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... Perfons TO READ WITH PROPRIETY AND EFFECT ; TO PROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS ; AND TO INCULCATE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PIETY AND VIRTUE . With a few preliminary Obfervations On the Principles of Good Reading . By ...
... Perfons TO READ WITH PROPRIETY AND EFFECT ; TO PROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS ; AND TO INCULCATE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PIETY AND VIRTUE . With a few preliminary Obfervations On the Principles of Good Reading . By ...
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... perfons . Per- formances of this kind are of fo great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will fcarcely be deemed fuperfluous , if the writer make his compilation inftructive and ...
... perfons . Per- formances of this kind are of fo great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will fcarcely be deemed fuperfluous , if the writer make his compilation inftructive and ...
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... perfons , the preponderance is greatly on the fide of gay and amufing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improve- ' ment . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the fober dictates ...
... perfons , the preponderance is greatly on the fide of gay and amufing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improve- ' ment . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the fober dictates ...
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... perfon has three pitches in his voice ; the HIGH , the MIDDLE , and the Low one . The high , is that which he uses in calling aloud to fome perfon at a distance . The low is , when he approaches ... perfons in the company , INTRODUCTION . ix.
... perfon has three pitches in his voice ; the HIGH , the MIDDLE , and the Low one . The high , is that which he uses in calling aloud to fome perfon at a distance . The low is , when he approaches ... perfons in the company , INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... perfons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to ftand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by perfons , that ...
... perfons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to ftand at too great a distance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by perfons , that ...
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