Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting such figures of speech as most frequently occur in the best writings, etcAuthor, 1826 - 76 pages |
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... or reciting be neither awkward nor affected - inanimate nor theatrical . 66 2. You must use judgment , taking care to ' follow nature , " for " she instructs us to relate iv PREFACE . a story , to support an argument PREFACE. ...
... or reciting be neither awkward nor affected - inanimate nor theatrical . 66 2. You must use judgment , taking care to ' follow nature , " for " she instructs us to relate iv PREFACE . a story , to support an argument PREFACE. ...
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... nature . I have a more permanent and steady rule for my conduct , the dictates of my own breast . If Trim had not trusted more to his hat - than his head he had made nothing at all of it . Complaisance renders a superior amiable- an ...
... nature . I have a more permanent and steady rule for my conduct , the dictates of my own breast . If Trim had not trusted more to his hat - than his head he had made nothing at all of it . Complaisance renders a superior amiable- an ...
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... nature's kindly law , Pleased with a rattle , tickled by a straw . For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , Suckles 8.
... nature's kindly law , Pleased with a rattle , tickled by a straw . For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , Suckles 8.
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... every passion labours to illuminate , and wishes to see life stripped of those ornaments which make it glitter on the stage , and ex- posed in its natural meanness , -impotence , → and For me kind Nature wakes her genial power, ...
... every passion labours to illuminate , and wishes to see life stripped of those ornaments which make it glitter on the stage , and ex- posed in its natural meanness , -impotence , → and For me kind Nature wakes her genial power, ...
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Charles RICHSON. posed in its natural meanness , -impotence , → and nakedness , -may find all the delusion laid open in the chamber of disease ; he will there find vanity divested of her robes , -power de- prived of ... nature to all the 10.
Charles RICHSON. posed in its natural meanness , -impotence , → and nakedness , -may find all the delusion laid open in the chamber of disease ; he will there find vanity divested of her robes , -power de- prived of ... nature to all the 10.
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