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 are Prefixed Two EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - 346 pagini |
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Pagina xvi
... cause , that we so often hear persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ...
... cause , that we so often hear persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ...
Pagina xix
... cause it may be ascribed , it is cer- tainly unfavourable to true oratory . Agreeable inflections and easy variations of the voice , as far as they arise from , or are consistent with , just speaking , may deserve attention . But to ...
... cause it may be ascribed , it is cer- tainly unfavourable to true oratory . Agreeable inflections and easy variations of the voice , as far as they arise from , or are consistent with , just speaking , may deserve attention . But to ...
Pagina xx
... cause of mono- tony , by leading the reader to a uniform cadence at every full period . The primary use of points is to assist the reader in discerning the grammatical construction ; and it is only in- directly , that they regulate his ...
... cause of mono- tony , by leading the reader to a uniform cadence at every full period . The primary use of points is to assist the reader in discerning the grammatical construction ; and it is only in- directly , that they regulate his ...
Pagina xxv
... cause of justice and freedom ; the quick recollection , the ingenious reasoning , and the ready declamation of the accomplished Barrister ; and the dignified simplicity and unaffected energy of the Sa- cred Instructor ; but when , in ...
... cause of justice and freedom ; the quick recollection , the ingenious reasoning , and the ready declamation of the accomplished Barrister ; and the dignified simplicity and unaffected energy of the Sa- cred Instructor ; but when , in ...
Pagina xxviii
... causes which it is the business of philosophy to explore , are adapted to excite in the spectator agreeable perceptions and emotions , may , by the aid of language , be exhibited in colours less vivid indeed than those of nature , but ...
... causes which it is the business of philosophy to explore , are adapted to excite in the spectator agreeable perceptions and emotions , may , by the aid of language , be exhibited in colours less vivid indeed than those of nature , but ...
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