An American Selection, of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which are Prefixed Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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... nature of the subject . A semicolon , for example , requires a longer pause in a grave discourse , than in lively & spirited de- clamation . However , as children are incapable of nice distinctions , it may be best to adopt , at first ...
... nature of the subject . A semicolon , for example , requires a longer pause in a grave discourse , than in lively & spirited de- clamation . However , as children are incapable of nice distinctions , it may be best to adopt , at first ...
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... natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . Whenever the voice is . We may observe that good speakers always pronounce upon a certain key ; for although they modulate the voice according to the various ...
... natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . Whenever the voice is . We may observe that good speakers always pronounce upon a certain key ; for although they modulate the voice according to the various ...
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... natural . They should be the same which we use in common conversation . A speaker should endeavor to feel what he speaks ; for the perfection of reading and speaking is to pronounce the words as if the sentiments were our own . If a ...
... natural . They should be the same which we use in common conversation . A speaker should endeavor to feel what he speaks ; for the perfection of reading and speaking is to pronounce the words as if the sentiments were our own . If a ...
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... nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . No man was ever cast down with the injuries of for- tune , unless he had before suffered himself to be deceived by her favors . Anger may glance into the breast of ...
... nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . No man was ever cast down with the injuries of for- tune , unless he had before suffered himself to be deceived by her favors . Anger may glance into the breast of ...
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... Nature , in her whole drama , never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that ...
... Nature , in her whole drama , never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that ...
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