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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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Page xxvi
... properly be compared to , as an alarm - bell , which , when once fet a - going , clatters on till the weight that moves it is run down . With- out out pauses , the sense must always appear confused and xxvi . AN ESSAY ON.
... properly be compared to , as an alarm - bell , which , when once fet a - going , clatters on till the weight that moves it is run down . With- out out pauses , the sense must always appear confused and xxvi . AN ESSAY ON.
Page xxvii
... sense must always appear confused and obfcure , and often be misunderstood ; and the spirit and energy of the piece must be wholly loft . IN executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be fufficient to attend to ...
... sense must always appear confused and obfcure , and often be misunderstood ; and the spirit and energy of the piece must be wholly loft . IN executing this part of the office of a speaker , it will by no means be fufficient to attend to ...
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... sense . There are forty men of wit for one man of fense : and he that will carry nothing about him but gold , will be every day at a lofs for want of ready change . LEARNING is like mercury , one of the most powerful and excellent ...
... sense . There are forty men of wit for one man of fense : and he that will carry nothing about him but gold , will be every day at a lofs for want of ready change . LEARNING is like mercury , one of the most powerful and excellent ...
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... if they were not cherished by our virtues . THE sense of death is most in apprehenfion ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporeal fufferance , feels a pang as great , C 6 In CHAP . VIII . ) SELECT SENTENCES . 13.
... if they were not cherished by our virtues . THE sense of death is most in apprehenfion ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporeal fufferance , feels a pang as great , C 6 In CHAP . VIII . ) SELECT SENTENCES . 13.
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... sense , with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of perfumes , concerts of mufic , crowds of beauties , are all in readiness to receive you . Come along with me into this region of delights , this world ...
... sense , with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of perfumes , concerts of mufic , crowds of beauties , are all in readiness to receive you . Come along with me into this region of delights , this world ...
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