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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... kind . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools . An angry man who suppresses his passion thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will clide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better ...
... kind . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools . An angry man who suppresses his passion thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will clide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better ...
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... kind of reading , which has so little merit considered as music and none at all , considered as speaking , should be so studiously practised by many speakers , and so much admired by many hearers . Can a method of reading , which is so ...
... kind of reading , which has so little merit considered as music and none at all , considered as speaking , should be so studiously practised by many speakers , and so much admired by many hearers . Can a method of reading , which is so ...
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... kind , the tone of the passion will often require a still lower cadence of the voice . But before a speaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the close of a sentence , he must be able to keep it from falling ...
... kind , the tone of the passion will often require a still lower cadence of the voice . But before a speaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the close of a sentence , he must be able to keep it from falling ...
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... kind of 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 ...
... kind of 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 ...
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... kind is flattery ; the only benefit of which is , that by hearing what we are not , we may be instructed what we ought to be . The character of the person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his esteem . The ...
... kind is flattery ; the only benefit of which is , that by hearing what we are not , we may be instructed what we ought to be . The character of the person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his esteem . The ...
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