Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading & Speaking |
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... word , and the word to the ac- tion , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery , and , therefore , can never be taught perfectly to children ; to say nothing of distracting their attention with two very difficult ...
... word , and the word to the ac- tion , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery , and , therefore , can never be taught perfectly to children ; to say nothing of distracting their attention with two very difficult ...
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... words , will be allowed by every one ; and if we were never to 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 ...
... words , will be allowed by every one ; and if we were never to 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 ...
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... word is pronounced ; and the body , without altering the place of the feet , poise itself on the left leg , while the left hand raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till ...
... word is pronounced ; and the body , without altering the place of the feet , poise itself on the left leg , while the left hand raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till ...
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... word is pro- nounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and , if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , add harmony and variety ...
... word is pro- nounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and , if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , add harmony and variety ...
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... words . Improved and beautiful nature is the object of the painter's pencil , the poet's pen , and the rhetorician's action , and not that sordid and common nature , which is perfectly rude and uncultivated . Na- ture directs us to art ...
... words . Improved and beautiful nature is the object of the painter's pencil , the poet's pen , and the rhetorician's action , and not that sordid and common nature , which is perfectly rude and uncultivated . Na- ture directs us to art ...
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