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The most common faults respecting emphasis are , laying so strong an emphasis on one word , as to leave no power of giving a particular force to other words , which , though not equally , are in a certain degree emphatical ; and placing ...
The most common faults respecting emphasis are , laying so strong an emphasis on one word , as to leave no power of giving a particular force to other words , which , though not equally , are in a certain degree emphatical ; and placing ...
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... with as much facility as the shortest ; and to acquire that freedom DB and energy , with which a man of sense naturally expresses his perceptions , emotions , and passions , in common discourse . Before a full stop , it has been ...
... with as much facility as the shortest ; and to acquire that freedom DB and energy , with which a man of sense naturally expresses his perceptions , emotions , and passions , in common discourse . Before a full stop , it has been ...
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In common conversation almost every man closes his period with energy and spirit . а V. Begin gently . Slive over every insignificant particle : such as , and , but , if , or , as , so , by , in , etc. and reserve the stress of your ...
In common conversation almost every man closes his period with energy and spirit . а V. Begin gently . Slive over every insignificant particle : such as , and , but , if , or , as , so , by , in , etc. and reserve the stress of your ...
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In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while_he thinks , which gives him time to breathe . But the reader , who sees every thing before him , “ has no occasion to think , and therefore is apt the to run on , without ...
In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while_he thinks , which gives him time to breathe . But the reader , who sees every thing before him , “ has no occasion to think , and therefore is apt the to run on , without ...
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What is often termed shyness , is nothing more than refined sense , and an indifference to common observations . The higher character a person supports , the more he should regard his minutest actions . Every person insensibly fixes ...
What is often termed shyness , is nothing more than refined sense , and an indifference to common observations . The higher character a person supports , the more he should regard his minutest actions . Every person insensibly fixes ...
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| Title | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2018 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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