The Speaker, Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads : with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : to which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution, Also an Essay on Reading Works of Taste |
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Page xvi
... caufe , that we fo often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is , with a ftupid monotony . Much ftudy and pains are neceffary in acqui- ring the habit of juft and forcible pronunciation ; and ...
... caufe , that we fo often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is , with a ftupid monotony . Much ftudy and pains are neceffary in acqui- ring the habit of juft and forcible pronunciation ; and ...
Page xxi
... caufe of monotony , by leading the reader to an uniform cadence at every full period . The primary ufe of points is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical conftruction ; and it is only indirectly that they regulate his ...
... caufe of monotony , by leading the reader to an uniform cadence at every full period . The primary ufe of points is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical conftruction ; and it is only indirectly that they regulate his ...
Page 54
... caufe , In fpeaking for myfelf . Yet , by your patience , I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver , Of my whole courfe of love ; what drugs , what charms , What conjuration , and what mighty magic , ( For fuch proceedings I am charg'd ...
... caufe , In fpeaking for myfelf . Yet , by your patience , I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver , Of my whole courfe of love ; what drugs , what charms , What conjuration , and what mighty magic , ( For fuch proceedings I am charg'd ...
Page 58
... decided by the worth Of that which calls his ardour forth . Trifles purfu'd , whate'er th ' event , Muft caufe him fhame or difcontent ; A vicious A vicious object still is worse , Successful there , 58 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
... decided by the worth Of that which calls his ardour forth . Trifles purfu'd , whate'er th ' event , Muft caufe him fhame or difcontent ; A vicious A vicious object still is worse , Successful there , 58 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
Page 65
... caufe to feel the flightest fear , Yourselves have feen what time the thunder roll'd All night , me refting quiet in the fold , Or heard we that tremendous bray alone , I should expound the melancholy tone ; Should deem it by our old ...
... caufe to feel the flightest fear , Yourselves have feen what time the thunder roll'd All night , me refting quiet in the fold , Or heard we that tremendous bray alone , I should expound the melancholy tone ; Should deem it by our old ...
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