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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The language of passion is uniformly taught by Nature , and is every where
intelligible . It consists in the use of tones , looks , and gestures . When anger ,
fear , joy , grief , love , or any other passion is raised within us , we naturally
discover it ...
The language of passion is uniformly taught by Nature , and is every where
intelligible . It consists in the use of tones , looks , and gestures . When anger ,
fear , joy , grief , love , or any other passion is raised within us , we naturally
discover it ...
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But in works of taste , the writing itself becomes a principal object of attention , as
a representation of nature , more or less accurate , according to the powers which
the writer possesses of expressing in language the conceptions of his own ...
But in works of taste , the writing itself becomes a principal object of attention , as
a representation of nature , more or less accurate , according to the powers which
the writer possesses of expressing in language the conceptions of his own ...
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will be produced by the representation of human characters and actions ; but with
a superior degree of force , on account of the superiority of animated to inanimate
nature , and on accouut of the peculiar interest , which men naturally take in ...
will be produced by the representation of human characters and actions ; but with
a superior degree of force , on account of the superiority of animated to inanimate
nature , and on accouut of the peculiar interest , which men naturally take in ...
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give up the reins of one's imagination into an author's “ hands , and be pleased
one knows not why , and cares not “ wherefore " —there are unquestionably in
nature certain characters , by which works of true genius and taste may be ...
give up the reins of one's imagination into an author's “ hands , and be pleased
one knows not why , and cares not “ wherefore " —there are unquestionably in
nature certain characters , by which works of true genius and taste may be ...
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Let Nature rest : be busy for yourself , And for your friend ; be busy ev'n in vain ,
Rather than tease her sated appetites : Who never fasts , no banquet e'er enjoys ;
Who never toils or watches , never sleeps . Let Nature rest : and when the taste ...
Let Nature rest : be busy for yourself , And for your friend ; be busy ev'n in vain ,
Rather than tease her sated appetites : Who never fasts , no banquet e'er enjoys ;
Who never toils or watches , never sleeps . Let Nature rest : and when the taste ...
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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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