Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons; with Observations on the Principles of Gesture; and a Selection of Exercises in Reading and SpeakingW.F. Draper, 1869 - 413 Seiten |
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... prevalent throughout the world , have tended to withdraw the mind from the proper methods of proclaiming divine truth . Men have been allured into the sanctuary by less intellectual and more artificial attractions , than those of a racy ...
... prevalent throughout the world , have tended to withdraw the mind from the proper methods of proclaiming divine truth . Men have been allured into the sanctuary by less intellectual and more artificial attractions , than those of a racy ...
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... prevalent passion for distinction and renown , may have contributed much to foster the cultivation of oratory ; it is a fact universally admitted , that the Anglo - Saxon constitution and temperament do not confer a predisposition to ...
... prevalent passion for distinction and renown , may have contributed much to foster the cultivation of oratory ; it is a fact universally admitted , that the Anglo - Saxon constitution and temperament do not confer a predisposition to ...
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... prevalent notion in old and in New England , alike , that manliness demands reserve , and dignity , stiffness , -throws a morbid restraint over the tendencies of nature to communication and ex- pression , and prematurely quenches the ...
... prevalent notion in old and in New England , alike , that manliness demands reserve , and dignity , stiffness , -throws a morbid restraint over the tendencies of nature to communication and ex- pression , and prematurely quenches the ...
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... prevalent in the pulpit , is uttered with no sparing tone . Students , if they mingled more at large with the world , would hear expressions on this subject , which might well startle them . It is a general complaint , among congrega ...
... prevalent in the pulpit , is uttered with no sparing tone . Students , if they mingled more at large with the world , would hear expressions on this subject , which might well startle them . It is a general complaint , among congrega ...
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... prevalent impression , that no society can flourish under the charge of one who is an indifferent speaker . The world assumes due prep- aration for the duties of the pulpit , as a part of profes- sional education . But , of all the ...
... prevalent impression , that no society can flourish under the charge of one who is an indifferent speaker . The world assumes due prep- aration for the duties of the pulpit , as a part of profes- sional education . But , of all the ...
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