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 xvii
... seems to expect an answer , should almost always be elevated at the close , with a peculiar tone , to indicate that a question is asked . Some senten- ces are so constructed , that the last word re- quires a stronger emphasis than any ...
... seems to expect an answer , should almost always be elevated at the close , with a peculiar tone , to indicate that a question is asked . Some senten- ces are so constructed , that the last word re- quires a stronger emphasis than any ...
Page xviii
... seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature , and are ready to consider every attempt to recover it as the laboured and affected effort of art . But Nature is always the same ; and every judicious imitation of it will always be ...
... seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature , and are ready to consider every attempt to recover it as the laboured and affected effort of art . But Nature is always the same ; and every judicious imitation of it will always be ...
Page xxviii
... accent , and a puritanical formality . The voice , in all cases , should be accommodated to the subject . « The sound must seem an echo to these sense . » THE THE SPEAKER . BOOK I. SELECT SENTENCES . CHAP . Xxviij DIRECTIONS FOR READING .
... accent , and a puritanical formality . The voice , in all cases , should be accommodated to the subject . « The sound must seem an echo to these sense . » THE THE SPEAKER . BOOK I. SELECT SENTENCES . CHAP . Xxviij DIRECTIONS FOR READING .
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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... seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehoods appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like ...
... seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehoods appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like ...
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