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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... . At- tempts have been made with some success to analyze the language of ideas ; but the language of sentiment and emotion has never yet been nalyzed ; and perhaps it is not within the reach xviij ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... . At- tempts have been made with some success to analyze the language of ideas ; but the language of sentiment and emotion has never yet been nalyzed ; and perhaps it is not within the reach xviij ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
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... never can be wise but by his own wisdom . He who wants good sense , is unhappy in having learning ; for he has thereby more ways of exposing himself . It is ungenerous to give a man occasion to blush at his own ignorance in one thing ...
... never can be wise but by his own wisdom . He who wants good sense , is unhappy in having learning ; for he has thereby more ways of exposing himself . It is ungenerous to give a man occasion to blush at his own ignorance in one thing ...
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... never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that sparkles ; but great minds ...
... never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that sparkles ; but great minds ...
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... never find a friend to his mind . Honour thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done , for thee . There is nothing so much worth as a mind well ...
... never find a friend to his mind . Honour thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done , for thee . There is nothing so much worth as a mind well ...
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... never learn any thing , for this reason , because they understand every thing too soon . There is nothing wanting to make all rational and disinterested people in the world of one reli- gion , but that they should talk together every ...
... never learn any thing , for this reason , because they understand every thing too soon . There is nothing wanting to make all rational and disinterested people in the world of one reli- gion , but that they should talk together every ...
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