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In the choice of these , the practitioner should pay a particular attention to bis
prevailing defects , whether they regard articulation , command of voice ,
emphasis , or cadence : and he should content himself with reading , and
speaking with an ...
In the choice of these , the practitioner should pay a particular attention to bis
prevailing defects , whether they regard articulation , command of voice ,
emphasis , or cadence : and he should content himself with reading , and
speaking with an ...
Page 96
For my own part , if I bade my footman bring me a glass of wine , in a rough
insulting manner , I should expect , that in obeying me , he would contrive to spill
some of it upon me ; and I am sure I should deserve it . A cool steady resolution ...
For my own part , if I bade my footman bring me a glass of wine , in a rough
insulting manner , I should expect , that in obeying me , he would contrive to spill
some of it upon me ; and I am sure I should deserve it . A cool steady resolution ...
Page 144
Was a passionate man to forfeit a hundred pounds , as often as he was angry , or
was he sure he muft die the next moment after the - firft fally of his paffion , we
should find , he had a great command of his temper whenever he could prevail ...
Was a passionate man to forfeit a hundred pounds , as often as he was angry , or
was he sure he muft die the next moment after the - firft fally of his paffion , we
should find , he had a great command of his temper whenever he could prevail ...
Page 183
-For if a minister should ever gain a corrupt familiarity with our boroughs ,. if he
liould keep a register of them in his closet , and , by sending down his trčafury -
mandates , should procure aspurious representative of the people , the offspring
of ...
-For if a minister should ever gain a corrupt familiarity with our boroughs ,. if he
liould keep a register of them in his closet , and , by sending down his trčafury -
mandates , should procure aspurious representative of the people , the offspring
of ...
Page 200
Not a small advance , said I , to indulge your curiosity ? Will you raise me a thirst ,
and be so cruel not to allay it ? It is not , replied he , of my raising , but your own .
Besides I am not certain , should I attempt to proceed , whether you will admit ...
Not a small advance , said I , to indulge your curiosity ? Will you raise me a thirst ,
and be so cruel not to allay it ? It is not , replied he , of my raising , but your own .
Besides I am not certain , should I attempt to proceed , whether you will admit ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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