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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Page iv
... spirit to sustain , And light up glory through her wide domain ; Their various tastes in diff'rent arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , .. With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state ...
... spirit to sustain , And light up glory through her wide domain ; Their various tastes in diff'rent arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , .. With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state ...
Page xviii
... spirit of every sentence , and to adhere as nearly as possible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conversation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express our- selves emphatically , or place ...
... spirit of every sentence , and to adhere as nearly as possible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conversation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express our- selves emphatically , or place ...
Page xix
... moves it is run down . Without pauses , the spirit of what is delivered must be lost , and the sense must appear confused , and may even be misrepresented in a manner most absurd and contradictory . There have ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xix.
... moves it is run down . Without pauses , the spirit of what is delivered must be lost , and the sense must appear confused , and may even be misrepresented in a manner most absurd and contradictory . There have ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xix.
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... Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddess , she determines Herself the glory of a creditor , Both thanks and use . What stronger ...
... Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddess , she determines Herself the glory of a creditor , Both thanks and use . What stronger ...
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... spirit , Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a blessing , now was wit , And God's good providence , a lucky hit . Things change their titles , as our manners turn : His counting - house employ'd the Sunday ...
... spirit , Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a blessing , now was wit , And God's good providence , a lucky hit . Things change their titles , as our manners turn : His counting - house employ'd the Sunday ...
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