The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... feel a peculiar propriety in addressing it to you , as a public acknow- ledgment of the steady support which you have given to this Institution , and the im- portant services which you have rendered it . IN this Seminary , which was as ...
... feel a peculiar propriety in addressing it to you , as a public acknow- ledgment of the steady support which you have given to this Institution , and the im- portant services which you have rendered it . IN this Seminary , which was as ...
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... feel what they say themselves , nor to have any desire that it should be understood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker without energy , is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pro ...
... feel what they say themselves , nor to have any desire that it should be understood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker without energy , is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pro ...
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... feeling usually accompanies our words , and this , whatever it be , hath its proper external expression . Expression hath indeed been so little studied in public speaking , that we seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature ...
... feeling usually accompanies our words , and this , whatever it be , hath its proper external expression . Expression hath indeed been so little studied in public speaking , that we seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature ...
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... feel what is expressed . This can only be done by reading deliber- ately and attending to the subject . Without some attention to this rule , your reading will be insipid and uninteresting . VIII . Endeavour to vary and modulate your ...
... feel what is expressed . This can only be done by reading deliber- ately and attending to the subject . Without some attention to this rule , your reading will be insipid and uninteresting . VIII . Endeavour to vary and modulate your ...
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... feels a pang as great As when a giant dies . How far the little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world . -Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power than in use : keep ...
... feels a pang as great As when a giant dies . How far the little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world . -Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power than in use : keep ...
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