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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And in pathetic pieces , especially those of the plaintive , tender , or solemn kind ,
the tone of ihe passion will often require a still greater cadence of the voice . But
before a speaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judginent at the ...
And in pathetic pieces , especially those of the plaintive , tender , or solemn kind ,
the tone of ihe passion will often require a still greater cadence of the voice . But
before a speaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judginent at the ...
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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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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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Nor does any thing commonly lessen is more in the eyes of others , than our own
passion . It often exposeth us to the contempt and derision of those who are not in
our power ; and if it make us feared , it also makes us proportionally hated , by ...
Nor does any thing commonly lessen is more in the eyes of others , than our own
passion . It often exposeth us to the contempt and derision of those who are not in
our power ; and if it make us feared , it also makes us proportionally hated , by ...
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I have already declared my passion to her ; nay , Miss Sterling herself is also
apprised of it , and if you will but give a sanction to my present addresses , the
uncommon merit of Miss Sterling will , no doubt , recommend her to a person of
equal ...
I have already declared my passion to her ; nay , Miss Sterling herself is also
apprised of it , and if you will but give a sanction to my present addresses , the
uncommon merit of Miss Sterling will , no doubt , recommend her to a person of
equal ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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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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