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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... hear per- sons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are necessary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect ...
... hear per- sons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are necessary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect ...
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... hear over their heads . He said he had come last from Spain , where he had been from the furthest borders of Franco- nia ; and had got so far on his return home , when his ass died . Every one seemed desirous to know what business could ...
... hear over their heads . He said he had come last from Spain , where he had been from the furthest borders of Franco- nia ; and had got so far on his return home , when his ass died . Every one seemed desirous to know what business could ...
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... hear them more distinctly - ' Tis Maria , said the postillion , observing I was listening -- Poor Ma- ria , continued he , ( leaning his body on one side to let me see her , for he was in a line between us , ) is sitting upon a bank ...
... hear them more distinctly - ' Tis Maria , said the postillion , observing I was listening -- Poor Ma- ria , continued he , ( leaning his body on one side to let me see her , for he was in a line between us , ) is sitting upon a bank ...
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... hear thy sor- rows from thy own lips -- but I was deceived for that moment she took her pipe , and told me such a tale of woe with it , that I rose up , and , with broken and irregular steps , walked softly to my chaise . Second Part ...
... hear thy sor- rows from thy own lips -- but I was deceived for that moment she took her pipe , and told me such a tale of woe with it , that I rose up , and , with broken and irregular steps , walked softly to my chaise . Second Part ...
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... hears appall'd , with deeply troubled thought : And yet not always on the guilty head Descends the fated flash . Young CELADON And his AMELIA were a matchless pair ; With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd ...
... hears appall'd , with deeply troubled thought : And yet not always on the guilty head Descends the fated flash . Young CELADON And his AMELIA were a matchless pair ; With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd ...
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