Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... sense of one's appearing to a disadvantage , before one's fellow creatures ; turns away the face from the beholders ; covers it with blushes ; hangs the head ; casts down the eyes ; draws down the eyebrows ; either strikes the person ...
... sense of one's appearing to a disadvantage , before one's fellow creatures ; turns away the face from the beholders ; covers it with blushes ; hangs the head ; casts down the eyes ; draws down the eyebrows ; either strikes the person ...
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... sense and just speaking would require . Almost all persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable ...
... sense and just speaking would require . Almost all persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable ...
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... sense must always appear confused and obscure , and often be misunderstood ; and the spirit and ener- gy of the piece must be wholly lost . In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be sufficient to attend ...
... sense must always appear confused and obscure , and often be misunderstood ; and the spirit and ener- gy of the piece must be wholly lost . In executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be sufficient to attend ...
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... sense which requires the last sound to be elevated or emphatical , an easy fall sufficient to shew that the sense is finished , will be prop- er . And in pathetic pieces , especially those of the plaintive , tender or solemn kiad , the ...
... sense which requires the last sound to be elevated or emphatical , an easy fall sufficient to shew that the sense is finished , will be prop- er . And in pathetic pieces , especially those of the plaintive , tender or solemn kiad , the ...
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... sense ; the third good humor ; the last , wit . The great error in conversation is , to be fonder of speaking than of hearing . Few show more complais- ance than to pretend to hearken , intent all the while upon what they themselves ...
... sense ; the third good humor ; the last , wit . The great error in conversation is , to be fonder of speaking than of hearing . Few show more complais- ance than to pretend to hearken , intent all the while upon what they themselves ...
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