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 |
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... sense must always appear confufed 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 at- tend ...
... sense must always appear confufed 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 at- tend ...
Page xx
... sense more strongly , preparing the audience for what is to follow , or enabling the speaker to alter the tone or height of the voice , fometimes to make a very confiderable paufe , where the grammatical con- ftruction requires none at ...
... sense more strongly , preparing the audience for what is to follow , or enabling the speaker to alter the tone or height of the voice , fometimes to make a very confiderable paufe , where the grammatical con- ftruction requires none at ...
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... Sense Melmoth 98 IX . On Study Bacon 99 X. On Satirical Wit Sterne 100 XI . Hamlet's Inftructions to the Players Shakespear 101 XII . The prefent condition of Man vindicated Pope 103 XIII . On the Order of Nature Ibid . 105 XIV . The ...
... Sense Melmoth 98 IX . On Study Bacon 99 X. On Satirical Wit Sterne 100 XI . Hamlet's Inftructions to the Players Shakespear 101 XII . The prefent condition of Man vindicated Pope 103 XIII . On the Order of Nature Ibid . 105 XIV . The ...
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... sense and learning upon his heirs , as cer- tainly as he can his lands , a noble defcent would then indeed be a very valuable privilege . TRUTH is always confiftent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at ...
... sense and learning upon his heirs , as cer- tainly as he can his lands , a noble defcent would then indeed be a very valuable privilege . TRUTH is always confiftent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at ...
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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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