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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... 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 . A mechanical attention to these resting places has , perhaps , been one cause of mono ...
... 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 . A mechanical attention to these resting places has , perhaps , been one cause of mono ...
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... 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 . So rich and various are 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 . So rich and various are the ...
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... 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 . The former is ...
... 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 . The former is ...
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... 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 combine them with that diversity , which is necessary to produce a strong ...
... 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 combine them with that diversity , which is necessary to produce a strong ...
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... 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 thus becomes a source of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring ...
... 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 thus becomes a source of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring ...
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