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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In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in print- ing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in speaking .
In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be sufficient to attend to the points used in print- ing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in speaking .
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... in the mean time , provides entertainment for those who are disposed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honest indignation against vice , in the smile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal .
... in the mean time , provides entertainment for those who are disposed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honest indignation against vice , in the smile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal .
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... which , by means of a due choice and ar- rangement of words , are presented before his imagination ; and then proceeds to a critical examination of the degree of invention , judgment , and taste , which the production dis- covers .
... which , by means of a due choice and ar- rangement of words , are presented before his imagination ; and then proceeds to a critical examination of the degree of invention , judgment , and taste , which the production dis- covers .
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It is this quality chiefly which raises a writer of true genius above one of mean or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whose powers are vigorous and commanding , who can ...
It is this quality chiefly which raises a writer of true genius above one of mean or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whose powers are vigorous and commanding , who can ...
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The emotion of sublimity is doubtless first produced by means of the powers of vision . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , while it fills the eye , expands the imagination , and dilates the heart , and TM * thus becomes a source ...
The emotion of sublimity is doubtless first produced by means of the powers of vision . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , while it fills the eye , expands the imagination , and dilates the heart , and TM * thus becomes a source ...
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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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