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 ix
... true in the art of speaking , as well as in the art of living , that general precepts are of little use , till they are unfolded , and applied to particular cases . To discover and correct those tones and habits of speaking , which are ...
... true in the art of speaking , as well as in the art of living , that general precepts are of little use , till they are unfolded , and applied to particular cases . To discover and correct those tones and habits of speaking , which are ...
Pagina xiv
... true standard of pro- nunciation , it must be sought for among those , who unite the accuracy of learning with the elegance of polite conversa- tion . An attention to such models , and a free intercourse with the world , afford the best ...
... true standard of pro- nunciation , it must be sought for among those , who unite the accuracy of learning with the elegance of polite conversa- tion . An attention to such models , and a free intercourse with the world , afford the best ...
Pagina xix
... 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 substitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties ...
... 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 substitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties ...
Pagina xxi
... true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these ...
... true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these ...
Pagina xxv
... true gentleman has acquired by hav- ing learned to dance ; but we are offended by the coxcomb , who is always exhibiting his formal dancing - bow , and mi- nuet - step . So we admire the manly eloquence and noble ardour of the Senator ...
... true gentleman has acquired by hav- ing learned to dance ; but we are offended by the coxcomb , who is always exhibiting his formal dancing - bow , and mi- nuet - step . So we admire the manly eloquence and noble ardour of the Senator ...
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