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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... persons , who do not daily experience the ad- vantages of the former , and the inconveniences of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point ...
... persons , who do not daily experience the ad- vantages of the former , and the inconveniences of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point ...
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... persons find it difficult to articulate the letter 7 ; others , the simple sounds expressed by r , s , th , sh . But the instance of defective articulation which is most common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the ...
... persons find it difficult to articulate the letter 7 ; others , the simple sounds expressed by r , s , th , sh . But the instance of defective articulation which is most common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the ...
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... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is a uniformly rapid ...
... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is a uniformly rapid ...
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... person . This is the case , for example , in Shakspeare's " All the World's a Stage , " & c . , and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies * . Sce Book vii , Chap . 19 and 24 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words with ...
... person . This is the case , for example , in Shakspeare's " All the World's a Stage , " & c . , and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies * . Sce Book vii , Chap . 19 and 24 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words with ...
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... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ; and it can only be the effect of ...
... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ; and it can only be the effect of ...
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