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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... passions , must , in my apprehension , be weak . and ineffectual . And , perhaps , the only in- struction which can be given with advantage on this head , is this general one : Observe in what manner the several emotions or passions are ...
... passions , must , in my apprehension , be weak . and ineffectual . And , perhaps , the only in- struction which can be given with advantage on this head , is this general one : Observe in what manner the several emotions or passions are ...
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... passions ? In performing these exercises the learner should daily read aloud by himself , and , aɔ often he has opportunity , under the correction of an Instructor or Friend . He should als frequently recite compositions memoriter . Th ...
... passions ? In performing these exercises the learner should daily read aloud by himself , and , aɔ often he has opportunity , under the correction of an Instructor or Friend . He should als frequently recite compositions memoriter . Th ...
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... perceptions , emotions , and passions , in common discourse . Before a full stop , it has been usual in read- ing , to drop the voice , in a uniform manner : and this has been called the CADENCE . But nothing FOR READING . XXV.
... perceptions , emotions , and passions , in common discourse . Before a full stop , it has been usual in read- ing , to drop the voice , in a uniform manner : and this has been called the CADENCE . But nothing FOR READING . XXV.
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... passions thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man who will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . A good word is an easy obligation ; but not to speak ill requires only our silence , which costs us nothing . It is to affectation ...
... passions thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man who will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . A good word is an easy obligation ; but not to speak ill requires only our silence , which costs us nothing . It is to affectation ...
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... passions and whose plots have broke their sleep , To take the one the other , by some chance , Some trick not worth an egg , shall grow dear friends , And interjoin their issues . So it falls out , That what we have we prize not to the ...
... passions and whose plots have broke their sleep , To take the one the other , by some chance , Some trick not worth an egg , shall grow dear friends , And interjoin their issues . So it falls out , That what we have we prize not to the ...
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