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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... Those which refpect the pronunciation of words are innumerable . Some of the principal of them are : omitting the afpirate h where it ought to be ufed , and inferting it where there fhould be none ; condfounding and interchang- ing the ...
... Those which refpect the pronunciation of words are innumerable . Some of the principal of them are : omitting the afpirate h where it ought to be ufed , and inferting it where there fhould be none ; condfounding and interchang- ing the ...
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... those inflections and variations to the voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more per- haps than from any other caufe , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no ...
... those inflections and variations to the voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more per- haps than from any other caufe , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no ...
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... those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A MORE glorious victory cannot be gained over another C ...
... those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A MORE glorious victory cannot be gained over another C ...
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... those ge- nerous virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon fuch as have no perfonal merit , are at best but the royal stamp fet upon base metal . THOUGH an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- rity ...
... those ge- nerous virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon fuch as have no perfonal merit , are at best but the royal stamp fet upon base metal . THOUGH an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- rity ...
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... those who come only for amusement , but prejudicial to him whe would reap the profit . IT often happens that those are the best people , whose characters have been moft injured by flanderers : as we usually find that to be the sweetest ...
... those who come only for amusement , but prejudicial to him whe would reap the profit . IT often happens that those are the best people , whose characters have been moft injured by flanderers : as we usually find that to be the sweetest ...
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