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Page xiii
... these must be expressed in reading , by a very distinct emphasis on each part of the opposition . The following instances are of this kind . a > Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools ...
... these must be expressed in reading , by a very distinct emphasis on each part of the opposition . The following instances are of this kind . a > Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools ...
Page xv
Seriously , it is much to be wondered at , that this 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 ...
Seriously , it is much to be wondered at , that this 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 ...
Page xvii
... tender , or solemn kind , the tone of the passion will often require a still lowercadence of the voice . But before a speaker can be able to me fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the close of a sentence , he must be able ...
... tender , or solemn kind , the tone of the passion will often require a still lowercadence of the voice . But before a speaker can be able to me fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the close of a sentence , he must be able ...
Page xviii
And even when we speak without any of the more violent emotions , the same kind of feeling usually accompanies our words , and this , whatever it be , hath its proper external expression . Expression hath indeed been so little studied ...
And even when we speak without any of the more violent emotions , the same kind of feeling usually accompanies our words , and this , whatever it be , hath its proper external expression . Expression hath indeed been so little studied ...
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He that lies in bed all a summer's morning , loses the chief pleasure of the day : he that gives up his youth to indolence , undergoes a loss of the same kind . Shining characters are not always the most agreeable ones .
He that lies in bed all a summer's morning , loses the chief pleasure of the day : he that gives up his youth to indolence , undergoes a loss of the same kind . Shining characters are not always the most agreeable ones .
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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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