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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But to substitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties and graces
of elocution , and then to applaud this manner under the appellation of musical
speaking , implies a perversion of judginent , which can admit of no defence .
But to substitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties and graces
of elocution , and then to applaud this manner under the appellation of musical
speaking , implies a perversion of judginent , which can admit of no defence .
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in a manner most absurd and contradictory . There have been reciters , who have
made Douglas say to Lord Randolph : We fought and conquer'd ere a sword was
drawn * . In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be ...
in a manner most absurd and contradictory . There have been reciters , who have
made Douglas say to Lord Randolph : We fought and conquer'd ere a sword was
drawn * . In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be ...
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When anger , fear , joy , grief , love , or any other passion is raised within us , we
naturally discover it by the manner in which we utter our words , by the features of
the face , and by other well - known signs . The eyes and countenance , as weil ...
When anger , fear , joy , grief , love , or any other passion is raised within us , we
naturally discover it by the manner in which we utter our words , by the features of
the face , and by other well - known signs . The eyes and countenance , as weil ...
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That kind of elegance which arises from metaphors , and other figures , though
commonly considered as belonging to language , is , in fact , not so much the
result of the writer's manner of expression , as of his turn of thinking . The same ...
That kind of elegance which arises from metaphors , and other figures , though
commonly considered as belonging to language , is , in fact , not so much the
result of the writer's manner of expression , as of his turn of thinking . The same ...
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... become pernicious to the whole , we cut them off and cast them away ; in like
manner , when any of our affections are become hurtful and useless in our frame
, by cutting them off we do not in the least counteract the intention of Nature .
... become pernicious to the whole , we cut them off and cast them away ; in like
manner , when any of our affections are become hurtful and useless in our frame
, by cutting them off we do not in the least counteract the intention of Nature .
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Informação bibliográfica
| 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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