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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... YOUTH , IN READING AND SPEAKING . TO WICH IS PREFIXED AN ESSAY ON ELOCUTION and DIRECTIONS FOR READING . By W. ENFIELD , LL . D. -Oculos , paulum tellure moratos , Sustulit ad proceres ; expectatoque resolvit Ora sono ; nec abest ...
... YOUTH , IN READING AND SPEAKING . TO WICH IS PREFIXED AN ESSAY ON ELOCUTION and DIRECTIONS FOR READING . By W. ENFIELD , LL . D. -Oculos , paulum tellure moratos , Sustulit ad proceres ; expectatoque resolvit Ora sono ; nec abest ...
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... and ad- vantage to the Public . And , while the same great object continues to be pursued , by faith- ful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to disci- pline , it is hoped , that you will have.
... and ad- vantage to the Public . And , while the same great object continues to be pursued , by faith- ful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to disci- pline , it is hoped , that you will have.
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... youth to indolence , undergoes a loss of the same kind . Shining characters are not always the most agreeable ones . The mild radiance of an eme- rald , is by no means less pleasing than the glare of a ruby . To be at once a rake , and ...
... youth to indolence , undergoes a loss of the same kind . Shining characters are not always the most agreeable ones . The mild radiance of an eme- rald , is by no means less pleasing than the glare of a ruby . To be at once a rake , and ...
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... youth and revolt to the other in his old age . Indeed the wise men of the world stood neuter ; but alas , their numbers were not considerable . At length , when these two great potentates had wearied themselves with waging war upon one ...
... youth and revolt to the other in his old age . Indeed the wise men of the world stood neuter ; but alas , their numbers were not considerable . At length , when these two great potentates had wearied themselves with waging war upon one ...
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... youth , in which it was natural for him to con- sider what course of life he ought to pursue , he one day retired into a desert , where the silence and solitude of the place very much favoured his meditations . As he was musing on his ...
... youth , in which it was natural for him to con- sider what course of life he ought to pursue , he one day retired into a desert , where the silence and solitude of the place very much favoured his meditations . As he was musing on his ...
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