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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... often suffer their words to drop from their lips with such a faint and feeble utterance , that they appear neither to understand nor feel what they say themselves , nor to have any desire that it should ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xi.
... often suffer their words to drop from their lips with such a faint and feeble utterance , that they appear neither to understand nor feel what they say themselves , nor to have any desire that it should ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xi.
Página xii
... desire that it should be under- stood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker without energy is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pronouncing your words , inure yourself , while ...
... desire that it should be under- stood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker without energy is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pronouncing your words , inure yourself , while ...
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... desire . SIR Balaam now , he lives like other folks . Then you will pass into Africa : WILL pass , did I say ? In expressing any maxim , or doctrine , which contains much meaning in a few words , the weight of the sentiment should be ...
... desire . SIR Balaam now , he lives like other folks . Then you will pass into Africa : WILL pass , did I say ? In expressing any maxim , or doctrine , which contains much meaning in a few words , the weight of the sentiment should be ...
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... desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares ...
... desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares ...
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... desires , and lasting as our immortal souls : without this the highest state of life is insipid , and with it the lowest is a Paradise . CHAP . V. HONOURABLE age is not that which standeth in length of time , nor that is measured by ...
... desires , and lasting as our immortal souls : without this the highest state of life is insipid , and with it the lowest is a Paradise . CHAP . V. HONOURABLE age is not that which standeth in length of time , nor that is measured by ...
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