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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... means be fufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ... mean- i ELOCUTION . Against Epiftle PAGE CHAP PAGE CHAP.
... means be fufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ... mean- i ELOCUTION . Against Epiftle PAGE CHAP PAGE CHAP.
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... mean- i - 8 - of the fentence . In plain narrative , and especially in argumentation , the leafl attention to the manner in which we relate a story , or fupport an argument in conversation , will fhow , that it is more frequently proper ...
... mean- i - 8 - of the fentence . In plain narrative , and especially in argumentation , the leafl attention to the manner in which we relate a story , or fupport an argument in conversation , will fhow , that it is more frequently proper ...
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... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove ...
... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove ...
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... means lefs pleafing than the glare of a ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , discovers at the fame time a bad difpofition , and a bad tafte : How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when ...
... means lefs pleafing than the glare of a ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , discovers at the fame time a bad difpofition , and a bad tafte : How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when ...
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... mean but a necessary substitute for it , in focieties who have none : it is a fort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the sterling cash of true morality and religion . Perfons of great delicacy ...
... mean but a necessary substitute for it , in focieties who have none : it is a fort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the sterling cash of true morality and religion . Perfons of great delicacy ...
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