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, &c. of the Mind |
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... give any instructions , but such as should completely answer our wishes , this difficulty would be a good reason for not at- tempting to give any description of it . But there are many degrees between conveying a precise idea of a thing ...
... give any instructions , but such as should completely answer our wishes , this difficulty would be a good reason for not at- tempting to give any description of it . But there are many degrees between conveying a precise idea of a thing ...
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... Give a prince all the names of majesty that are found in a folio dictionary , the first attack of the gout will make ... give to the female sex insinuation and persuasion , in order to be surly ; it did not make them weak , in ...
... Give a prince all the names of majesty that are found in a folio dictionary , the first attack of the gout will make ... give to the female sex insinuation and persuasion , in order to be surly ; it did not make them weak , in ...
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... give the animal spirits a sufficient exercise ; whereas , the rays that pro- duce in us the idea of green , fall upon the eye in such a due proportion , that they give the animal spirits their proper play , and by keeping up the ...
... give the animal spirits a sufficient exercise ; whereas , the rays that pro- duce in us the idea of green , fall upon the eye in such a due proportion , that they give the animal spirits their proper play , and by keeping up the ...
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... give him his price . When Pittacus , after the death of his brother , who had left him a good estate , was offered a great sum of money by the king of Lydia , he thanked him for his kindness , but told him he had already more by half ...
... give him his price . When Pittacus , after the death of his brother , who had left him a good estate , was offered a great sum of money by the king of Lydia , he thanked him for his kindness , but told him he had already more by half ...
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... give you the particulars of his last night's dream , or the description of a feast he has been at , without letting a single dish escape him . When he has thus entered into conversation , he grows very wise ; descants upon the ...
... give you the particulars of his last night's dream , or the description of a feast he has been at , without letting a single dish escape him . When he has thus entered into conversation , he grows very wise ; descants upon the ...
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