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 ... and Rules for Expressing, with Propriety, the Various Passions and Emotions of the Mind |
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... grace , Sterne 78 18 Rustic felicity , ibid 80 19 House of mourning , ibid 80 SECTION III . 1 THE honour and advantage of a constant adherence to truth , 2 Impertinence in discourse , 3 Character of Addison as a writer , 4 Pleasure and ...
... grace , Sterne 78 18 Rustic felicity , ibid 80 19 House of mourning , ibid 80 SECTION III . 1 THE honour and advantage of a constant adherence to truth , 2 Impertinence in discourse , 3 Character of Addison as a writer , 4 Pleasure and ...
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... grace in writing , 2 On the structure of animals , 3 On natural and fantastical pleasures , 4 The folly and madness of Ambition illus- trated , 5 Battle of Pharsalia , and the death of Pompey , 6 Character of king Alfred , 7 Awkwardness ...
... grace in writing , 2 On the structure of animals , 3 On natural and fantastical pleasures , 4 The folly and madness of Ambition illus- trated , 5 Battle of Pharsalia , and the death of Pompey , 6 Character of king Alfred , 7 Awkwardness ...
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... Grace , West - Indian 274 Provoked husband 275 3 Priuli and Jaffier , Venice preserved 279 4 Boniface and Aimwell , Beaux Stratagem 281 5 Lovegold and Lappet , Miser 283 6 Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell , Henry VIII . 286 7 Sir Charles ...
... Grace , West - Indian 274 Provoked husband 275 3 Priuli and Jaffier , Venice preserved 279 4 Boniface and Aimwell , Beaux Stratagem 281 5 Lovegold and Lappet , Miser 283 6 Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell , Henry VIII . 286 7 Sir Charles ...
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... grace- ful and becoming , ( and such it is presumed , are those which have been just described , ) they will be adopted , with more fa- cility than any other that can be taught him . SECTION II . 1 ON THE ACTING OF PLAYS AT ELEMENTS OF ...
... grace- ful and becoming , ( and such it is presumed , are those which have been just described , ) they will be adopted , with more fa- cility than any other that can be taught him . SECTION II . 1 ON THE ACTING OF PLAYS AT ELEMENTS OF ...
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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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