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 Taste |
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... and graceful Elocution , I feel a peculiar propriety in addressing it to you , as a public acknowledg- ment of the steady support which you have given to this institution , and the important services which you have ren- dered it .
... and graceful Elocution , I feel a peculiar propriety in addressing it to you , as a public acknowledg- ment of the steady support which you have given to this institution , and the important services which you have ren- dered it .
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Even public speakers 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 ...
Even public speakers 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 ...
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The eyes and countenance , as weil as the voice , are capable of endless va- riety of expression , suited to every possible diversity of feel- ing ; and with these the general air and gesture naturally ac- cord .
The eyes and countenance , as weil as the voice , are capable of endless va- riety of expression , suited to every possible diversity of feel- ing ; and with these the general air and gesture naturally ac- cord .
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The former is the sole object of attention in the vulgar spectator , or uneducated reader : the latter is the chief Occupation of those who , without natural delicacy of feeling , or vigour of fancy , coolly apply to works of genius the ...
The former is the sole object of attention in the vulgar spectator , or uneducated reader : the latter is the chief Occupation of those who , without natural delicacy of feeling , or vigour of fancy , coolly apply to works of genius the ...
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He who has acquired this important habit of attention has learned to see and feel . The general picture presented before his fancy by the artist will strike him with it's full force ; nor will any single touch , however minute , escape ...
He who has acquired this important habit of attention has learned to see and feel . The general picture presented before his fancy by the artist will strike him with it's full force ; nor will any single touch , however minute , escape ...
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| Título | 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 Taste |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editora | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 |
| Original de | Universidade do Estado de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 30 Set 2014 |
| Número de páginas | 346 páginas |
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