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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... fall of the voice or cadence , with which many readers uniformly finish a sentence . Nothing can be more destructive of all pro- priety and energy than this habit . The tones and heights at the close of a sentence ought to be ...
... fall of the voice or cadence , with which many readers uniformly finish a sentence . Nothing can be more destructive of all pro- priety and energy than this habit . The tones and heights at the close of a sentence ought to be ...
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... fall it , at the end of a sentence . Some sentences are so constructed , that the last words require a stronger emphasis than any of the preceding ; while others admit of being closed with a soft and gentle sound . Where there is ...
... fall it , at the end of a sentence . Some sentences are so constructed , that the last words require a stronger emphasis than any of the preceding ; while others admit of being closed with a soft and gentle sound . Where there is ...
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... fall by little and little . A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends ; but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends : when a rich man is fallen , he hath many helpers ; he speak- eth things not to be spoken ...
... fall by little and little . A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends ; but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends : when a rich man is fallen , he hath many helpers ; he speak- eth things not to be spoken ...
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... falls out , That what we Irave we prize not to the worth , While we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost , Why then we reck the value ; then we find The virtue , that possession would not show us , While it was ours . Cowards die many ...
... falls out , That what we Irave we prize not to the worth , While we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost , Why then we reck the value ; then we find The virtue , that possession would not show us , While it was ours . Cowards die many ...
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... fall upon the place : I could not be deceived by what followed . " I shall find , " said he , << some other way to get it off . ” When the marquis had said this , he returned his sword into it's scabbard , made a bow to the guardian of ...
... fall upon the place : I could not be deceived by what followed . " I shall find , " said he , << some other way to get it off . ” When the marquis had said this , he returned his sword into it's scabbard , made a bow to the guardian of ...
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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