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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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These are the speakers , who , in Shakespeare's phrase « offend the judicious hearer to the soul , by tear» ing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split » the ears of the groundlings . » Cicero compares such speakers to cripples ...
These are the speakers , who , in Shakespeare's phrase « offend the judicious hearer to the soul , by tear» ing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split » the ears of the groundlings . » Cicero compares such speakers to cripples ...
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An angry man who suppresses his passion tliinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will clide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an ...
An angry man who suppresses his passion tliinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will clide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an ...
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... 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 ...
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RU LE VII I. > Accompany the Emotions and Passions which your words express , by correspondent tones , looks , and ... When anger , fear , joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally discover it ...
RU LE VII I. > Accompany the Emotions and Passions which your words express , by correspondent tones , looks , and ... When anger , fear , joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally discover it ...
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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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