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... Person can be said to speak gracefully or elegantly who retains any Vulgarity or provincial Peculiarity of Pronun- ciation . This Defect , however , is more justly excuseable , if not more easily remedied , than any Deficiency in Em ...
... Person can be said to speak gracefully or elegantly who retains any Vulgarity or provincial Peculiarity of Pronun- ciation . This Defect , however , is more justly excuseable , if not more easily remedied , than any Deficiency in Em ...
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John Rice. every Person that hath an Ear , whether fuch Difference will justify this Writer's laying down fuch a Propofition as a fun- damental Rule , upon which the very Es- fence of our Words depends , and which is fo univerfal , that ...
John Rice. every Person that hath an Ear , whether fuch Difference will justify this Writer's laying down fuch a Propofition as a fun- damental Rule , upon which the very Es- fence of our Words depends , and which is fo univerfal , that ...
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... Person of the Writer ; but in the Rehearsal of Con- verfation - Pieces , he muft diverfify not only his Mode of reciting , in Conformity to the Subject , but also in Conformity to the Character . Thus the fame Narrative and Defcription ...
... Person of the Writer ; but in the Rehearsal of Con- verfation - Pieces , he muft diverfify not only his Mode of reciting , in Conformity to the Subject , but also in Conformity to the Character . Thus the fame Narrative and Defcription ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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