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... laws , her fpirit to fuftain , And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various taftes in different arts difplay'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and fhade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the ...
... laws , her fpirit to fuftain , And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various taftes in different arts difplay'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and fhade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the ...
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... out a practicable and eafy method by which this accomplishment may be acquired . a 6 FOLLOW FOLLOW NATURE , is certainly the fundamental law of Oratory ESSAY ESSAY SSAY on Elocution ORATIONS Henry and Lord Chief Justice.
... out a practicable and eafy method by which this accomplishment may be acquired . a 6 FOLLOW FOLLOW NATURE , is certainly the fundamental law of Oratory ESSAY ESSAY SSAY on Elocution ORATIONS Henry and Lord Chief Justice.
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... law of Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not juft elocu- tion . And fome accurate obfervers , judging , perhaps , from a few unlucky fpecimens of modern eloquence , have ...
... law of Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not juft elocu- tion . And fome accurate obfervers , judging , perhaps , from a few unlucky fpecimens of modern eloquence , have ...
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... law of good writing , it is the business of criticism carefully to remark . MELODY is another excellence in expreffion , of too much confequence to be overlooked . In every kind of writing , according to the degree of fkill , with which ...
... law of good writing , it is the business of criticism carefully to remark . MELODY is another excellence in expreffion , of too much confequence to be overlooked . In every kind of writing , according to the degree of fkill , with which ...
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... law of life , and not for the oftentation of fcience . CHA P. IL . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A MAN may have a thousand intimate acquaint- ances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one friend , think ...
... law of life , and not for the oftentation of fcience . CHA P. IL . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A MAN may have a thousand intimate acquaint- ances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one friend , think ...
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