An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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Page vii
... nature of the subject . A semicolon , for example , requires a longer pause in a grave discourse than in lively and spirited declamation . How- ever , as children are incapable of nice distinctions , it may be best to adopt , at first ...
... nature of the subject . A semicolon , for example , requires a longer pause in a grave discourse than in lively and spirited declamation . How- ever , as children are incapable of nice distinctions , it may be best to adopt , at first ...
Page ix
... natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . When the voice is raised above this key , pronunciation is difficult and fatiguing . There is a difference between a loud and a high voice . A person may speak ...
... natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . When the voice is raised above this key , pronunciation is difficult and fatiguing . There is a difference between a loud and a high voice . A person may speak ...
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... an attribute of the Divine Nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . 3. No man was ever cast down with the injuries of fortune unless he bad before suffered himself to be deceived by 14 AMERICAN SELECTION .
... an attribute of the Divine Nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . 3. No man was ever cast down with the injuries of fortune unless he bad before suffered himself to be deceived by 14 AMERICAN SELECTION .
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... Nature , in her whole drama , never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . 4. It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing ...
... Nature , in her whole drama , never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . 4. It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing ...
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... nature , to fancy happiness in those schemes which it does not pursue . 13. What a piece of work is man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ...
... nature , to fancy happiness in those schemes which it does not pursue . 13. What a piece of work is man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ...
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