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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Página xiii
... serving the height of voice which is proper to each , and en- deavouring to change it as Nature directs . In the same composition there may be frequent occasion to alter the height of the voice , in passing from one part to another ...
... serving the height of voice which is proper to each , and en- deavouring to change it as Nature directs . In the same composition there may be frequent occasion to alter the height of the voice , in passing from one part to another ...
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... serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive nothing but an unmeaning succession of detached syllables . Accent may be applied either to long or to short syllables ...
... serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive nothing but an unmeaning succession of detached syllables . Accent may be applied either to long or to short syllables ...
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... serves to unite words , and form them into sentences . By giving the several parts of a sentence their proper utterance , it discovers their mutual dependance , and conveys their full import to the mind of the hearer . It is in the ...
... serves to unite words , and form them into sentences . By giving the several parts of a sentence their proper utterance , it discovers their mutual dependance , and conveys their full import to the mind of the hearer . It is in the ...
Página xvii
... serve to mark the divisions of a discourse , should be distinguished in the same manner . Emphasis may also serve to intimate some allusion , to ex- press surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For example : While expletives their ...
... serve to mark the divisions of a discourse , should be distinguished in the same manner . Emphasis may also serve to intimate some allusion , to ex- press surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For example : While expletives their ...
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... serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHAP . II . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one ...
... serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHAP . II . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one ...
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action appear arms army bear better cause CHAP common consider continued death desire earth equal ev'ry fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give Gods hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human it's John kind king laws leave light live look lord manner means mind nature never night o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection person pleasure poor pow'r praise present proper reason rest round seems sense serve side soon soul sound speak spirit stand sweet taste tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth