The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 4
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall alwayı be able to give most bady , 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 alwayı be able to give most bady , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas , by setting out on our ...
Page 5
... rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and ... render every such performance insipid and fatigu- ing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ...
... rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and ... render every such performance insipid and fatigu- ing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ...
Page 6
... 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 ...
Page 7
... reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , hould form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers parts of this position : " If you seek to INTRODUCTION . +.
... reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , hould form it upon the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers parts of this position : " If you seek to INTRODUCTION . +.
Page 8
... render every thing he expresses , of high im portance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little re gard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowd- ing all the pages of a book with ...
... render every thing he expresses , of high im portance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little re gard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowd- ing all the pages of a book with ...
Contents
1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
17 | |
18 | |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | |
23 | |
28 | |
29 | |
30 | |
34 | |
36 | |
39 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
48 | |
49 | |
50 | |
51 | |
54 | |
57 | |
62 | |
65 | |
119 | |
123 | |
126 | |
129 | |
131 | |
135 | |
139 | |
142 | |
144 | |
145 | |
147 | |
149 | |
150 | |
151 | |
152 | |
155 | |
157 | |
159 | |
161 | |
163 | |
164 | |
165 | |
166 | |
168 | |
171 | |
173 | |
174 | |
176 | |
182 | |
251 | |
252 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character Charybdis comfort death delight distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes father favour feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passed passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasures possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reign religion render rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tears temper tempest thee things thought tion treache truth Tuning sweet vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth