The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation', "Exercises in Elocution", and "Rudiments of Gesture", with a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation... : Designed for Colleges, Professional Institutions, Academies and Common Schools |
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Well has the physically darkened , but mentally illuminated Milton written : - " Not to know at large of things remote From use and subtle , but to know That which before us lies in daily life , Is the prime wisdom .
Well has the physically darkened , but mentally illuminated Milton written : - " Not to know at large of things remote From use and subtle , but to know That which before us lies in daily life , Is the prime wisdom .
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| Title | The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation', "Exercises in Elocution", and "Rudiments of Gesture", with a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation... : Designed for Colleges, Professional Institutions, Academies and Common Schools Volume 618 of Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project |
| Author | William Russell |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | Brewer and Tileston, 1844 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Aug 3, 2005 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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