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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... thing to be able to read and speak with . propriety , but to point out a practicable and easy method by which this accomplishment may be ac- quired . FOLLOW FOLLOW NATURE , is certainly the fundamental law of Oratory.
... thing to be able to read and speak with . propriety , but to point out a practicable and easy method by which this accomplishment may be ac- quired . FOLLOW FOLLOW NATURE , is certainly the fundamental law of Oratory.
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... thing as speaking loud ; and not observidg , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the distinctness and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height at which he pitches his voice . But it is an ...
... thing as speaking loud ; and not observidg , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the distinctness and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height at which he pitches his voice . But it is an ...
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... thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreea ble ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed . For if a man can- not read simple sentences , or plain narrative , or di dactic pieces , with ...
... thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreea ble ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed . For if a man can- not read simple sentences , or plain narrative , or di dactic pieces , with ...
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... things . Even virtue itself has its stated limits ; which not being strickly observ- ed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel before hand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be ...
... things . Even virtue itself has its stated limits ; which not being strickly observ- ed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel before hand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be ...
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... things , who are but tools and instruments , like the fool who fan- cied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though Though a man - may become learned by another's learning CHAT . 111 . 3 SELECT SENTENCES . Avarice ...
... things , who are but tools and instruments , like the fool who fan- cied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though Though a man - may become learned by another's learning CHAT . 111 . 3 SELECT SENTENCES . Avarice ...
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