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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ...J. Johnson, 1782 - 405 páginas |
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... the feveral perceptions , emotions and paffions of the human mind , and to distinguish these from the mere effect of arbitrary cuftom or falfe tafte ; to to discover and correct those tones , and habits of vi AN ESSAY ON.
... the feveral perceptions , emotions and paffions of the human mind , and to distinguish these from the mere effect of arbitrary cuftom or falfe tafte ; to to discover and correct those tones , and habits of vi AN ESSAY ON.
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... these founds , therefore , ought to be well understood ; and much pains should be taken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of fpeech , are generally the ...
... these founds , therefore , ought to be well understood ; and much pains should be taken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of fpeech , are generally the ...
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... these rules with perfeverance , till you have ac- quired ftrength and energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
... these rules with perfeverance , till you have ac- quired ftrength and energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
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... These are the speakers , who , in Shakespear's phrase , " offend the judicious hearer to the foul , by tearing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split the ears of the groundlings . " Cicero compares such speakers to cripples who ...
... These are the speakers , who , in Shakespear's phrase , " offend the judicious hearer to the foul , by tearing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split the ears of the groundlings . " Cicero compares such speakers to cripples who ...
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... these would neither be proper nor agree- able in fpeaking ; but the exercife will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
... these would neither be proper nor agree- able in fpeaking ; but the exercife will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
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