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To observe the various ways by which nature expresses the several perceptions , emotions , and passions of the human mind , and to distinguish these from the mere effect of arhi . trary custom or false taste ; to discover and correct ...
To observe the various ways by which nature expresses the several perceptions , emotions , and passions of the human mind , and to distinguish these from the mere effect of arhi . trary custom or false taste ; to discover and correct ...
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ܪ nalyzed ; and perhaps it is not within the reach of human ability , to write a Philosophical Gramnar of the Passions . Or , if it were possible in Pyny degree to execute this design , I cannot think * hat from such a grammar it would ...
ܪ nalyzed ; and perhaps it is not within the reach of human ability , to write a Philosophical Gramnar of the Passions . Or , if it were possible in Pyny degree to execute this design , I cannot think * hat from such a grammar it would ...
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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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The observance of this rule constitutes the first and the most essential VARIATION of the human voice in common reading , and will always prevent a monotony . The variation , which some readers affect , in plain and simple narrative ...
The observance of this rule constitutes the first and the most essential VARIATION of the human voice in common reading , and will always prevent a monotony . The variation , which some readers affect , in plain and simple narrative ...
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To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man , than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin on ours . The prodigal robs his heir ; the miser robe ...
To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man , than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin on ours . The prodigal robs his heir ; the miser robe ...
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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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