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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Page vii
... pains should be taken to discover and correct those faults in articulation , which , though often ascribed to some defect in the organs of speech , are generally the consequence of inattention or bad example . Many of these respect the ...
... pains should be taken to discover and correct those faults in articulation , which , though often ascribed to some defect in the organs of speech , are generally the consequence of inattention or bad example . Many of these respect the ...
Page xiii
... pains are necessary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
... pains are necessary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
Page xxi
... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , und this with the greatest success , there is some lifficulty in carrying the art of speaking out of he school or chamber , to the bar , the senate , or the pulpit . A young man who ...
... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , und this with the greatest success , there is some lifficulty in carrying the art of speaking out of he school or chamber , to the bar , the senate , or the pulpit . A young man who ...
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... makes large amends for the pain it gives the persons who labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favour . \ The difference there is between honour and honesty seems to 10 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
... makes large amends for the pain it gives the persons who labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favour . \ The difference there is between honour and honesty seems to 10 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
Page 12
... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
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