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 xxxiv
... it's attention upon every object which comes under it's notice , be in a proper state for enjoying the pleasures of taste , or for exercising the functions of criticism . He who has acquired this important habit of attention has learned ...
... it's attention upon every object which comes under it's notice , be in a proper state for enjoying the pleasures of taste , or for exercising the functions of criticism . He who has acquired this important habit of attention has learned ...
Página xxxviii
... it's several parts . Method is so far from being an absolute proof of stupidity , that it is no very questionable indication of strength of mind , and com- pass of thought . The first conceptions , which accidental . association may ...
... it's several parts . Method is so far from being an absolute proof of stupidity , that it is no very questionable indication of strength of mind , and com- pass of thought . The first conceptions , which accidental . association may ...
Página xxxix
... it's proper place . The last , but not the least extensive field of criticism is EXPRESSION . Here the first quality to be considered is PURITY . This consists in such a choice of words , and such a grammatical construction of sentences ...
... it's proper place . The last , but not the least extensive field of criticism is EXPRESSION . Here the first quality to be considered is PURITY . This consists in such a choice of words , and such a grammatical construction of sentences ...
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... it's richness and variety : and --- which is still more im- portant that it must often materially impair the sense , by interrupting the relation and dependance of the thoughts . A writer who thinks closely , and in a train , will ...
... it's richness and variety : and --- which is still more im- portant that it must often materially impair the sense , by interrupting the relation and dependance of the thoughts . A writer who thinks closely , and in a train , will ...
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... it's stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more ...
... it's stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more ...
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