An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which are Prefixed Rules in Elocution and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind. Being the Third Part of a Grammatical Institute of the English LanguageHudson and Goodwin, 1802 - Всего страниц: 240 |
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... perfon can read or speak well , unless he understands what he reads ; and the fenfe will always determine what words are emphatical . It is a matter of the higheft confequence , therefore that a fpeaker fhould clearly comprehend the ...
... perfon can read or speak well , unless he understands what he reads ; and the fenfe will always determine what words are emphatical . It is a matter of the higheft confequence , therefore that a fpeaker fhould clearly comprehend the ...
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... perfon may fpeak much louder than he does in ordinary difcourfe , with out an elevation of voice ; and may be heard diftin & tly upon the fame key , either in a private room or in a large affembly . RULE IV . Let the fentiments you ...
... perfon may fpeak much louder than he does in ordinary difcourfe , with out an elevation of voice ; and may be heard diftin & tly upon the fame key , either in a private room or in a large affembly . RULE IV . Let the fentiments you ...
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... perfon dumb . Remorfe cafts down the countenance & clouds it with anxiety . Sometimes the teeth gnash and the right hand beats Ale breaft . Courage fteady and cool , opens the countenance , gives the whole form an erect and graceful air ...
... perfon dumb . Remorfe cafts down the countenance & clouds it with anxiety . Sometimes the teeth gnash and the right hand beats Ale breaft . Courage fteady and cool , opens the countenance , gives the whole form an erect and graceful air ...
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... perfon who commends yon , is to be confidered , before you fet a value on his esteem . The wife man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous ; the rest of the world , him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleafures are durable ...
... perfon who commends yon , is to be confidered , before you fet a value on his esteem . The wife man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous ; the rest of the world , him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleafures are durable ...
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... perfon in their favour , The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty leems to be chiefly in the motive , The honeft man does that from duty , which the man of honor does for the fake of character . A liar begins with making ...
... perfon in their favour , The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty leems to be chiefly in the motive , The honeft man does that from duty , which the man of honor does for the fake of character . A liar begins with making ...
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