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 is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionSimms&McIntyre, 1811 - 644 pages |
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... persons who do not daily experience the advan . tages of the former , and the inconveniencies of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with . propriety , but to ...
... persons who do not daily experience the advan . tages of the former , and the inconveniencies of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with . propriety , but to ...
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... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words - so rapidly , that this latter exer- cise ought generally to be made use of for a conside- rable time at Arst : for where there is an uniformly ...
... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words - so rapidly , that this latter exer- cise ought generally to be made use of for a conside- rable time at Arst : for where there is an uniformly ...
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... person . Shakspeare's " All the world's a stage , " & c . and his description of the Queen of the Fairies , af- ford examples of this . Indeed every sentence which is read or spoken will admit of different elevations of the voice in ...
... person . Shakspeare's " All the world's a stage , " & c . and his description of the Queen of the Fairies , af- ford examples of this . Indeed every sentence which is read or spoken will admit of different elevations of the voice in ...
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... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is with a stupid mono- tony . Much study and pains are necessary in acquir- ing the habit of a just and forcible pronunciation : and it can only be the effect of ...
... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is with a stupid mono- tony . Much study and pains are necessary in acquir- ing the habit of a just and forcible pronunciation : and it can only be the effect of ...
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... person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his es- teem . The wise man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous , the rest of the world him who is most wea'thy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable ...
... person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his es- teem . The wise man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous , the rest of the world him who is most wea'thy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable ...
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