The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 páginas |
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... than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than ferve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . Emphafis likewife ferves to exprefs fome particular meaning not immediately 16 AN ESSAY ON СНАР On Virtue.
... than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than ferve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . Emphafis likewife ferves to exprefs fome particular meaning not immediately 16 AN ESSAY ON СНАР On Virtue.
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... she , it , anD , WE , YE , THEY , fright the foul . Emphasis is often deftroyed by an injudicious attempt to read melodioufly . Agreeable inflections and easy vari- ations of the voice , as far as they rife from , or are con- fiftent ...
... she , it , anD , WE , YE , THEY , fright the foul . Emphasis is often deftroyed by an injudicious attempt to read melodioufly . Agreeable inflections and easy vari- ations of the voice , as far as they rife from , or are con- fiftent ...
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... she said , that their feparation fhould be attended with the utter ruin of all three . But Health was of too gay a disposition to regard the counfels of Labour : she suffered herself to be debauched by Intem- perance , and at last died ...
... she said , that their feparation fhould be attended with the utter ruin of all three . But Health was of too gay a disposition to regard the counfels of Labour : she suffered herself to be debauched by Intem- perance , and at last died ...
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... She had a wonderful con- fidence and affurance in her looks , and all the variety of colours in her drefs that she thought were the most proper to fhew her complexion to advantage . She caft her eyes upon herself , then turned them on ...
... She had a wonderful con- fidence and affurance in her looks , and all the variety of colours in her drefs that she thought were the most proper to fhew her complexion to advantage . She caft her eyes upon herself , then turned them on ...
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... she was born ; and while she was yet an infant , a dove , pursued by a hawk , flew into her bofom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but fo foft and gentle a mein , that she was beloved to a degree of enthufiafm . Her voice was ...
... she was born ; and while she was yet an infant , a dove , pursued by a hawk , flew into her bofom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but fo foft and gentle a mein , that she was beloved to a degree of enthufiafm . Her voice was ...
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