The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays |
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... breath , and a forcible action of the organs employed in form- ing them ; and let all the vowel sounds have a full and bold utterance . Continue these exercises with perseverance , till you have acquired strength and energy of speech ...
... breath , and a forcible action of the organs employed in form- ing them ; and let all the vowel sounds have a full and bold utterance . Continue these exercises with perseverance , till you have acquired strength and energy of speech ...
Page xix
... breath without inconvenience , and hereby preserve the command of his voice , but in order to give the hearer a distinct perception of the construction and meaning of each sentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An ...
... breath without inconvenience , and hereby preserve the command of his voice , but in order to give the hearer a distinct perception of the construction and meaning of each sentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An ...
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... sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more , Than when it bites , but lanceth not the sore . Tis slander , Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides CHAP . IX . 13 SELECT SENTENCES .
... sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more , Than when it bites , but lanceth not the sore . Tis slander , Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides CHAP . IX . 13 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... breath Rides on the posting winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and states , Maids , matrons , nay the secrets of the grave , This viperous slander enters . There is a tide in the affairs of men , Which ...
... breath Rides on the posting winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and states , Maids , matrons , nay the secrets of the grave , This viperous slander enters . There is a tide in the affairs of men , Which ...
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... breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their eggs were addled ...
... breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their eggs were addled ...
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