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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... Pain . ibid . 23 World . 25 V. Labour . VI . The old Man and his Afs . ibid . 26 VII . Hercules's Choice . Tatler . 27 Mrs. Barbauld . 30 VIII . Pity . IX . The Dead Afs . Sterne . 32 X. The Sword . ibid . 34 XI . Maria . ibid . 36 XII ...
... Pain . ibid . 23 World . 25 V. Labour . VI . The old Man and his Afs . ibid . 26 VII . Hercules's Choice . Tatler . 27 Mrs. Barbauld . 30 VIII . Pity . IX . The Dead Afs . Sterne . 32 X. The Sword . ibid . 34 XI . Maria . ibid . 36 XII ...
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... . 110 XXIII . On Procrastination . XXIV . The Pain arifing from virtuous emotions attended with Pleasure . XXV . On Tafte . Young . 112 Akenfide . 113 ibid . 117 XXVI . The Page Akenfide . 119 CHAP . XXVI . The Pleasures vi CONTENTS .
... . 110 XXIII . On Procrastination . XXIV . The Pain arifing from virtuous emotions attended with Pleasure . XXV . On Tafte . Young . 112 Akenfide . 113 ibid . 117 XXVI . The Page Akenfide . 119 CHAP . XXVI . The Pleasures vi CONTENTS .
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... pains fhould be ta- ken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of specch , are generally the confequence of inattention B 2 innattention or bad example . Many of ...
... pains fhould be ta- ken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of specch , are generally the confequence of inattention B 2 innattention or bad example . Many of ...
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... pains are neceffary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able , with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
... pains are neceffary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able , with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
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... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , and this with the greatest fuccefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the fchool or chamber , to the bar , the fenate , or the pulpit . A young man who ...
... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , and this with the greatest fuccefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the fchool or chamber , to the bar , the fenate , or the pulpit . A young man who ...
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