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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... ftations in fociety with reputation to them- felves , and advantage to the Public . And , while the fame great object continues to be purfued , a 2 1 purfued , by faithful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of.
... ftations in fociety with reputation to them- felves , and advantage to the Public . And , while the fame great object continues to be purfued , a 2 1 purfued , by faithful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of.
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... fame effects produced , and that the scene will be realized , which OUR POETESS has fo beau-- tifully defcribed : When this , this little group their country calls From academic fhades and learned halls , To fix her laws , her fpirit to ...
... fame effects produced , and that the scene will be realized , which OUR POETESS has fo beau-- tifully defcribed : When this , this little group their country calls From academic fhades and learned halls , To fix her laws , her fpirit to ...
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... fame the fcene will be Ess has fo beau- country calls halls , THE CONTENTS . ESSAY on Elocution Reading Works of Tafte ΒΟΟΚ I. SELECT SENTENCES - Chap . 1. The Dervife • BOOK II - NARRATIVE PIECES . 2. Turkish Tale Page | Chap ...
... fame the fcene will be Ess has fo beau- country calls halls , THE CONTENTS . ESSAY on Elocution Reading Works of Tafte ΒΟΟΚ I. SELECT SENTENCES - Chap . 1. The Dervife • BOOK II - NARRATIVE PIECES . 2. Turkish Tale Page | Chap ...
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... fame Subjec Harris 131 Ib . 133 Chap . 4. On the Immortality of the Soul 5. On the Being of a God Page Spectator 133 Young 136 Page 1. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lucretia Livy 138 2. Hannibal to his Soldiers Ib . 140 3. C ...
... fame Subjec Harris 131 Ib . 133 Chap . 4. On the Immortality of the Soul 5. On the Being of a God Page Spectator 133 Young 136 Page 1. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lucretia Livy 138 2. Hannibal to his Soldiers Ib . 140 3. C ...
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... fame thing as fpeaking loud ; and not obferving , that whether a fpeaker fhall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . WITHIN ...
... fame thing as fpeaking loud ; and not obferving , that whether a fpeaker fhall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . WITHIN ...
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