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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... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. THE SPEAKER : OR , 198 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES , SELECTED FROM THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS , AND DISPOSED UNDER PROPER HEADS , WITH A VIEW TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN ...
... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. THE SPEAKER : OR , 198 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES , SELECTED FROM THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS , AND DISPOSED UNDER PROPER HEADS , WITH A VIEW TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN ...
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... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. Chap . BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Fage Chap . Page 1 ON ANGER .................. Holland , 109 4. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE 2. VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INIEREST , SOUL ...
... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. Chap . BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Fage Chap . Page 1 ON ANGER .................. Holland , 109 4. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE 2. VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INIEREST , SOUL ...
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... speak well is an ornamental and useful accomplishment . Without the laboured panegyrics of ancient or modern orators , the im- portance of a good elocution is sufficiently obvious . Every one will acknowledge it to be of some ...
... speak well is an ornamental and useful accomplishment . Without the laboured panegyrics of ancient or modern orators , the im- portance of a good elocution is sufficiently obvious . Every one will acknowledge it to be of some ...
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... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. all propriety and grace of utterance ; and to acquire a ... speak ing , like all other practical arts , may be facilitated by rules , I shall lay before my readers , in a plain ...
... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. all propriety and grace of utterance ; and to acquire a ... speak ing , like all other practical arts , may be facilitated by rules , I shall lay before my readers , in a plain ...
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... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. which materially affects the energy of pronunciation ; the ... speak slow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . RULE II . Let your Pronunciation be bold and ...
... Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays William Enfield. which materially affects the energy of pronunciation ; the ... speak slow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . RULE II . Let your Pronunciation be bold and ...
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