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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But it is true in the art of speaking , as well as in the art of living , that general precepts are of little use , till they are unfolded , and applied to particular cases . To discover and correct those tones and habits of speaking ...
But it is true in the art of speaking , as well as in the art of living , that general precepts are of little use , till they are unfolded , and applied to particular cases . To discover and correct those tones and habits of speaking ...
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If there be any true standard of pro- nunciation , it must be sought for among those , who unite the accuracy of learning with the elegance of polite conversa- tion . An attention to such models , and a free intercourse with the world ...
If there be any true standard of pro- nunciation , it must be sought for among those , who unite the accuracy of learning with the elegance of polite conversa- tion . An attention to such models , and a free intercourse with the world ...
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1 ing prose , this fondness for melody is , perhaps , more com- monly the effect of indolence , or affectation , than of real taste ; but , to whatever cause it may be ascribed , it is cer- tainly unfavourable to true oratory .
1 ing prose , this fondness for melody is , perhaps , more com- monly the effect of indolence , or affectation , than of real taste ; but , to whatever cause it may be ascribed , it is cer- tainly unfavourable to true oratory .
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For example : Finally , brethren , whatsoever things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be ...
For example : Finally , brethren , whatsoever things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be ...
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We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements , which the true gentleman has acquired by hav- ing learned to dance ; but we are offended by the coxcomb , who is always exhibiting his formal daneing - bow , and mi- nuet - step .
We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements , which the true gentleman has acquired by hav- ing learned to dance ; but we are offended by the coxcomb , who is always exhibiting his formal daneing - bow , and mi- nuet - step .
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| 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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