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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 páginas |
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... spirit of every fentence , and to adhere as nearly as poffible to the manner in which we diftinguish one word from another in converfation ; for in familiar difcourfe we scarcely ever fail to exprefs ourselves emphatically , and seldom ...
... spirit of every fentence , and to adhere as nearly as poffible to the manner in which we diftinguish one word from another in converfation ; for in familiar difcourfe we scarcely ever fail to exprefs ourselves emphatically , and seldom ...
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... spirit and energy of the piece must be wholly loft . IN executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be fufficient to attend to the points ufed in printing ; for thefe are far from marking all the pauses which ...
... spirit and energy of the piece must be wholly loft . IN executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be fufficient to attend to the points ufed in printing ; for thefe are far from marking all the pauses which ...
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... Spirits are not finely touch'd ,, But to fine iffues : nor nature never lends The smallest fcruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddefs , the determines Herself the glory of a creditor , Both thanks and use . WHAT ftronger ...
... Spirits are not finely touch'd ,, But to fine iffues : nor nature never lends The smallest fcruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddefs , the determines Herself the glory of a creditor , Both thanks and use . WHAT ftronger ...
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... spirit , Afcribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a Bleffing , now was Wit , And God's good Providence , a Lucky Hit . Things change their titles , as our manners turn : His Compting - houfe employed the Sunday ...
... spirit , Afcribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a Bleffing , now was Wit , And God's good Providence , a Lucky Hit . Things change their titles , as our manners turn : His Compting - houfe employed the Sunday ...
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... spirits , and the other recreates and revives them . Gaiety feldom fails to give fome pain ; the hearers either strain their faculties to ac- company its towerings , or are left behind in envy and defpair . Good humour boasts no ...
... spirits , and the other recreates and revives them . Gaiety feldom fails to give fome pain ; the hearers either strain their faculties to ac- company its towerings , or are left behind in envy and defpair . Good humour boasts no ...
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