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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 WICH IS PREFIXED AN ESSAY ON ELOCUTION ...
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 WICH IS PREFIXED AN ESSAY ON ELOCUTION ...
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And , perhaps , the only inoli struetion which can be given with advantage on hthis head , is this general one : Observe in what w manner the several emotions or passions are expå pressed in real life , or by those who have with great ...
And , perhaps , the only inoli struetion which can be given with advantage on hthis head , is this general one : Observe in what w manner the several emotions or passions are expå pressed in real life , or by those who have with great ...
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... which almost always distinguishes reading from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head which reading requires , are inconsistent with the freedom , ease , and variety of just elocution .
... which almost always distinguishes reading from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head which reading requires , are inconsistent with the freedom , ease , and variety of just elocution .
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... with all the pomp of artificial elo> BIN of > * See Dean Swift's advice on this head , in his Letter to a young Clergyman . quence ; though the unskilful may gaze and applaud , ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xxj On the Miseries of Human Life.
... with all the pomp of artificial elo> BIN of > * See Dean Swift's advice on this head , in his Letter to a young Clergyman . quence ; though the unskilful may gaze and applaud , ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xxj On the Miseries of Human Life.
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It happens to men of learning , as to ears of corn ; they shoot up , and raise their heads high , while they are empty ; but when full and swelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He who is truly polite , knows how to ...
It happens to men of learning , as to ears of corn ; they shoot up , and raise their heads high , while they are empty ; but when full and swelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He who is truly polite , knows how to ...
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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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