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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... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is uni- formly rapid ...
... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is uni- formly rapid ...
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... person . Shakespeare's « All the World's a Stage , » etc. and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies , afford examples of this . Indeed every sentence which is read or spoken , will admit of different elevations of the voice in ...
... person . Shakespeare's « All the World's a Stage , » etc. and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies , afford examples of this . Indeed every sentence which is read or spoken , will admit of different elevations of the voice in ...
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... person should endeavour to acquire . But when he speaks , what elocution flows ! Soft as the fleeces of descending snows , The copious accents fall , with easy art ; Melting they fall , and sink into the heart . It may be observed ...
... person should endeavour to acquire . But when he speaks , what elocution flows ! Soft as the fleeces of descending snows , The copious accents fall , with easy art ; Melting they fall , and sink into the heart . It may be observed ...
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... person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his esteem . The wise man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous , the rest of the world , him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable ...
... person who commends you , is to be considered before you set a value on his esteem . The wise man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous , the rest of the world , him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable ...
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... person supports , the more he should regard his minutest actions . Every person insensibly fixes upon some de- gree of refinement in his discourse , some mea- sure of thought which he thinks worth exhi- biting . It is wise to fix this ...
... person supports , the more he should regard his minutest actions . Every person insensibly fixes upon some de- gree of refinement in his discourse , some mea- sure of thought which he thinks worth exhi- biting . It is wise to fix this ...
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