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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... where it ought to be sounded , and sounded where it ought to be omitted ; the effect of which will be easily perceived in the following examples : He had learned the whole art of angling by heart : heat the soup .
... where it ought to be sounded , and sounded where it ought to be omitted ; the effect of which will be easily perceived in the following examples : He had learned the whole art of angling by heart : heat the soup .
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... and plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sympathy : while Pastoral Song , in the artless notes of Theocritus , or in the sweet melody of the Mantuan pipe , plays gently about the fancy and the heart .
... and plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sympathy : while Pastoral Song , in the artless notes of Theocritus , or in the sweet melody of the Mantuan pipe , plays gently about the fancy and the heart .
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By combining incidents and characters of various kinds , and representing them as associated in new and interesting relations , they keep curiosity perpetually awake , and touch in succession every affection and passion of the heart .
By combining incidents and characters of various kinds , and representing them as associated in new and interesting relations , they keep curiosity perpetually awake , and touch in succession every affection and passion of the heart .
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Whatever tends to enlighten the understanding , to enlarge the conceptions , to impress the heart with right feelings , or to afford innocent and rational amusement , may be pronounced useful . All beyond this is either trifling or ...
Whatever tends to enlighten the understanding , to enlarge the conceptions , to impress the heart with right feelings , or to afford innocent and rational amusement , may be pronounced useful . All beyond this is either trifling or ...
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In fine , while science enriches the understanding , the study of polite literature cultivates the taste , and improves the heart ; and botu white , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . 5 1 BOOK I. Select Sentences . CHAP .
In fine , while science enriches the understanding , the study of polite literature cultivates the taste , and improves the heart ; and botu white , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . 5 1 BOOK I. Select Sentences . CHAP .
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