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... Speaking ; but neither Reading nor Speaking is confined to mere Sound . A Perfon can with no more Propriety be faid to speak than to read a Language . he does not un- derftand . Indeed , the Writers on the Art of Speaking are , for the ...
... Speaking ; but neither Reading nor Speaking is confined to mere Sound . A Perfon can with no more Propriety be faid to speak than to read a Language . he does not un- derftand . Indeed , the Writers on the Art of Speaking are , for the ...
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... speak louder than ordi- nary , they have not the fame Command of Voice , nor speak fo diftinctly and in- telligibly as when they speak more foftly . It is proper , therefore , for fuch as would fpeak articulately , to avoid both the min ...
... speak louder than ordi- nary , they have not the fame Command of Voice , nor speak fo diftinctly and in- telligibly as when they speak more foftly . It is proper , therefore , for fuch as would fpeak articulately , to avoid both the min ...
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... Speaking . " That Man who has ranged every Thought , measured every Sentence , " Tranfition , and Circumftance of his " Difcourfe , and fettled the whole Me- " thod of his Delivery in his Closet , may " be indeed an elegant and correct ...
... Speaking . " That Man who has ranged every Thought , measured every Sentence , " Tranfition , and Circumftance of his " Difcourfe , and fettled the whole Me- " thod of his Delivery in his Closet , may " be indeed an elegant and correct ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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