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 xx
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in print- ing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical attention to these resting places has , perhaps , been one cause of mono ...
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in print- ing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical attention to these resting places has , perhaps , been one cause of mono ...
Pagina xxx
... mean time , provides entertainment for those who are disposed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honest indignation against vice , in the smile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich and various are the ...
... mean time , provides entertainment for those who are disposed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honest indignation against vice , in the smile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich and various are the ...
Pagina xxxii
... means of a due choice and ar- rangement of words , are presented before his imagination ; and then proceeds to a critical examination of the degree of invention , judgment , and taste , which the production dis- covers . The former is ...
... means of a due choice and ar- rangement of words , are presented before his imagination ; and then proceeds to a critical examination of the degree of invention , judgment , and taste , which the production dis- covers . The former is ...
Pagina xxxvi
... mean or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whose powers are vigorous and commanding , who can combine them with that diversity , which is necessary to produce a strong ...
... mean or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whose powers are vigorous and commanding , who can combine them with that diversity , which is necessary to produce a strong ...
Pagina xxxvii
... means of the powers of vision . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , while it fills the eye , expands the imagination , and dilates the heart , and thus becomes a source of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ing eye ...
... means of the powers of vision . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , while it fills the eye , expands the imagination , and dilates the heart , and thus becomes a source of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ing eye ...
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