The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very 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 ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 Seiten |
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... whole , It is in the power of emphasis to make long and complex fentences appear intelligible and perfpicuous But for 35 this purpose it is neceffary , that the reader fhould be per- fectly acquainted with the exact conftruction and ...
... whole , It is in the power of emphasis to make long and complex fentences appear intelligible and perfpicuous But for 35 this purpose it is neceffary , that the reader fhould be per- fectly acquainted with the exact conftruction and ...
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... whole of a sentence . * I have only to add , that after the utmost pains have been taken to acquire a juft elocution , and this with the greatest fuccefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the school or ...
... whole of a sentence . * I have only to add , that after the utmost pains have been taken to acquire a juft elocution , and this with the greatest fuccefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the school or ...
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... whole race of cox- combs . Nature in her whole drama never drew fuch a part ; fhe has fometimes made a fool , but 28 BOOK I. SELECT SENTENCES .
... whole race of cox- combs . Nature in her whole drama never drew fuch a part ; fhe has fometimes made a fool , but 28 BOOK I. SELECT SENTENCES .
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... whole life with- out faying or doing one ilf or foolish thing . When Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Afia equally with him , he answered . The earth cannot bear two suns , nor Asia two kings . Parmenio , a friend ...
... whole life with- out faying or doing one ilf or foolish thing . When Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Afia equally with him , he answered . The earth cannot bear two suns , nor Asia two kings . Parmenio , a friend ...
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... whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother : how can thou recompenfe them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing fo much worth , as a mind well in- ftructed . The lips of talkers will be telling fuch things as ...
... whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother : how can thou recompenfe them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing fo much worth , as a mind well in- ftructed . The lips of talkers will be telling fuch things as ...
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