The Art of Speaking: Containing, I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, ... II. Lessons Taken from the Ancients and Moderns ...T. Longman, T. Field, C. Dilly, W. Goldsmith, D. Ogilvy and J. Speare, 1792 - 373 pages |
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... hold the length of a fyllable , a femicolon of two , a colon of three , and a period of four . In fome cafes , there is no ftop to be made at a comma , as they are often put merely to render the fenfe clear ; as thofe , which , by Mr ...
... hold the length of a fyllable , a femicolon of two , a colon of three , and a period of four . In fome cafes , there is no ftop to be made at a comma , as they are often put merely to render the fenfe clear ; as thofe , which , by Mr ...
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... hold him down . im- moveable , that he may not do what is forbidden him . Affirming , efpecially with a judicial oath , is expreffed by lifting the open right hand , and eyes toward heaven ; or , if conference is appealed to , by laying ...
... hold him down . im- moveable , that he may not do what is forbidden him . Affirming , efpecially with a judicial oath , is expreffed by lifting the open right hand , and eyes toward heaven ; or , if conference is appealed to , by laying ...
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... hold any thing , at the time when the object of wonder appears , they immediately let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , ftooping posture of amazement ; the mouth open ; the hands held up open , nearly ...
... hold any thing , at the time when the object of wonder appears , they immediately let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , ftooping posture of amazement ; the mouth open ; the hands held up open , nearly ...
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... holds the human frame together , every finew and ligament un- ftrung . The colour flies from the vermilion cheek ; the fparkling eye grows dim . Down the body drops , as helpless , and fenfelefs , as a mafs of clay , to which , by its ...
... holds the human frame together , every finew and ligament un- ftrung . The colour flies from the vermilion cheek ; the fparkling eye grows dim . Down the body drops , as helpless , and fenfelefs , as a mafs of clay , to which , by its ...
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... hold forth , and the point it wants to carry . The hearer finds himself as unable to refift , as to blow out a conflagration with the breath of his mouth , or to stop the ftream of a river with his hand . His paffions are no longer his ...
... hold forth , and the point it wants to carry . The hearer finds himself as unable to refift , as to blow out a conflagration with the breath of his mouth , or to stop the ftream of a river with his hand . His paffions are no longer his ...
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Accus AFFECT againſt APOL APPREHENS arms becauſe body Caius Verres confequence confiderable CONT CONTEMPT dead death defign defire Diodotus doft Doub enemy ENQU expreffed eyes faid fame father fear fecure feem feen fenfe fentence feven fhall fhew fhould fleep fome fometimes foon foul fpeaker fpeaking fpeech ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure Ghoft Ghoſt Greece GRIEF hand heaven himſelf honour hope HORROR Humph Iago INTR INTREAT itſelf Jugurtha king leaſt lefs loft Longh look manner matter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf NARRA Nick Bottom Numidia occafion orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon Peter Quince PITY pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Pray prefent QUEST Quintilian raiſe reafon REMON rife Roman ſay Scythians ſhall Shyl Shylock ſpeak ſpoken ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought TION uſed VENERA VEXAT voice whofe whoſe wife words
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