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Page xiii
... thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of speech , are generally the confequence of inattention or bad example . SOME perfons find it difficult to articulate the letter 1 ; others , the ...
... thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of speech , are generally the confequence of inattention or bad example . SOME perfons find it difficult to articulate the letter 1 ; others , the ...
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... energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . This fault is chiefly found among among thofe , who , in contempt and defpite of ELOCUTION . XV Hotspur reading a Letter.
... energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . This fault is chiefly found among among thofe , who , in contempt and defpite of ELOCUTION . XV Hotspur reading a Letter.
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... thofe , who , in contempt and defpite of all rule and propriety , are determined to command the attention of the vulgar . These are the speakers , who , in Shak- fpeare's phrase , " offend the judicious hearer to the foul , by tearing a ...
... thofe , who , in contempt and defpite of all rule and propriety , are determined to command the attention of the vulgar . These are the speakers , who , in Shak- fpeare's phrase , " offend the judicious hearer to the foul , by tearing a ...
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... thofe inflections of the voice which precede them . Thefe are of two kinds ; one of which conveys the idea Mr. Garrick's power of fufpending the voice is well defcribed by Sterne . See Book vi . Chap . 3. of this work . of continuation ...
... thofe inflections of the voice which precede them . Thefe are of two kinds ; one of which conveys the idea Mr. Garrick's power of fufpending the voice is well defcribed by Sterne . See Book vi . Chap . 3. of this work . of continuation ...
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... thofe , who have en- joyed the advantage of a claffical education . BUT , without having recourfe to the ancients , it is poffible to find in modern languages valuable fpecimens of T of every species of polite literature . The English ...
... thofe , who have en- joyed the advantage of a claffical education . BUT , without having recourfe to the ancients , it is poffible to find in modern languages valuable fpecimens of T of every species of polite literature . The English ...
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