The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers and Disposed Under Proper Heads: With a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : to which are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 páginas |
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Página x
... common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the omission of the aspirate h . Through several counties in England this de- fect almost universally prevails , and sometimes occasions ludicrous , and even serious mistakes . This ...
... common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the omission of the aspirate h . Through several counties in England this de- fect almost universally prevails , and sometimes occasions ludicrous , and even serious mistakes . This ...
Página xv
... common usage . There is the greater occasion for this precaution , as a rule has been arbitrarily introduced upon this subject , which has no foun- dation either in the structure of the English language , or in the principles of harmony ...
... common usage . There is the greater occasion for this precaution , as a rule has been arbitrarily introduced upon this subject , which has no foun- dation either in the structure of the English language , or in the principles of harmony ...
Página xviii
... common faults respecting emphasis are , laying so strong an emphasis upon one word as to leave no power of giving a particular force to other words , which , though not equally , are in a certain degree emphatical : and placing the ...
... common faults respecting emphasis are , laying so strong an emphasis upon one word as to leave no power of giving a particular force to other words , which , though not equally , are in a certain degree emphatical : and placing the ...
Página xxix
... common magazine of nature , stores before unnoticed ; and to adorn their works , not only with new decorations of language , but with original conceptions . And , notwithstanding the complaint of indo- lence and dulness , that the ...
... common magazine of nature , stores before unnoticed ; and to adorn their works , not only with new decorations of language , but with original conceptions . And , notwithstanding the complaint of indo- lence and dulness , that the ...
Página xxxiv
... common fame : for on questions of taste and feeling the general result of public opinion is seldom wrong . The second object of attention in reading works of taste , that of forming a judgment concerning their merit , requires , beside ...
... common fame : for on questions of taste and feeling the general result of public opinion is seldom wrong . The second object of attention in reading works of taste , that of forming a judgment concerning their merit , requires , beside ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
action appear arms army bear better cause CHAP common consider continued death desire earth equal ev'ry fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give Gods hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human it's John kind king laws leave light live look lord manner means mind nature never night o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection person pleasure poor pow'r praise present proper reason rest round seems sense serve side soon soul sound speak spirit stand sweet taste tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth