Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking: To which are Prefixed Elements of Gesture, Illustrated by Four Plates, and Rules for Expressing with Propriety the Various Passions &c. of the Mind. Also, an Appendix Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan |
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... grace and expression.- And , if , from so humble a scene as the school , we may be per- mitted to raise our observations to the senate , it might be hinted , that gentlemen on each side of the house , while addressing the chair , can ...
... grace and expression.- And , if , from so humble a scene as the school , we may be per- mitted to raise our observations to the senate , it might be hinted , that gentlemen on each side of the house , while addressing the chair , can ...
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... Grace . 1 A SHOE coming loose from the fore foot of the thill horse , at the beginning of the ascent of mount Taurira , the postillion dismounted , twisted the shoe off , put it into his pocket : as the ascent was of five or six miles ...
... Grace . 1 A SHOE coming loose from the fore foot of the thill horse , at the beginning of the ascent of mount Taurira , the postillion dismounted , twisted the shoe off , put it into his pocket : as the ascent was of five or six miles ...
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... Grace's commands . " If he is at an entertainment , you may see the pieces of bread continually multiplying round his plate : ' tis true , the company want it , as well as their knives and forks , which Menalcas does not let them keep ...
... Grace's commands . " If he is at an entertainment , you may see the pieces of bread continually multiplying round his plate : ' tis true , the company want it , as well as their knives and forks , which Menalcas does not let them keep ...
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... Grace in Writing . I WILL not undertake to mark out with any sort of pre- cision , that idea which I would express by the word Grace ; and , perhaps , it can no more be clearly described than justly defined . To give you , however , a ...
... Grace in Writing . I WILL not undertake to mark out with any sort of pre- cision , that idea which I would express by the word Grace ; and , perhaps , it can no more be clearly described than justly defined . To give you , however , a ...
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... grace of all the country round . VI . Celadon and Amelia . _ YOUNG Celadon And his Amelia were a matchless pair , With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace , The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone ; Hers , the mild lustre of ...
... grace of all the country round . VI . Celadon and Amelia . _ YOUNG Celadon And his Amelia were a matchless pair , With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace , The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone ; Hers , the mild lustre of ...
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