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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the construction of the English language , or in the laws of harmony . In accent- ing words , the general custom and a good ear are the best guides : only it may be observed that accent ...
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the construction of the English language , or in the laws of harmony . In accent- ing words , the general custom and a good ear are the best guides : only it may be observed that accent ...
Pàgina 17
... poffible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conversation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express ourselves emphatically , and feldom place the emphasis improperly . With refpect to ...
... poffible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conversation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express ourselves emphatically , and feldom place the emphasis improperly . With refpect to ...
Pàgina 18
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public fpeaker has occasion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII Acquire a ...
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public fpeaker has occasion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII Acquire a ...
Pàgina 21
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a Grammar it would be poffible for any one to inftruct himself in the ufe of the language . All endeavours , therefore , to make men Orators by describing ...
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a Grammar it would be poffible for any one to inftruct himself in the ufe of the language . All endeavours , therefore , to make men Orators by describing ...
Pàgina 89
... poffible for the fame perfon to be both impudent and bashful . We have frequent inftances of this odd kind of mixture in people of depraved minds and mean education ; who , though they are not able to meet a man's eyes or pro- nounce a ...
... poffible for the fame perfon to be both impudent and bashful . We have frequent inftances of this odd kind of mixture in people of depraved minds and mean education ; who , though they are not able to meet a man's eyes or pro- nounce a ...
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