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... Book VI . Chap . III . BEFORE a full pause , it has been customary in reading to drop the voice in a uniform manner ; and this has been called the cadence . But fure- ly nothing can be more deftructive of all pro- priety and energy than ...
... Book VI . Chap . III . BEFORE a full pause , it has been customary in reading to drop the voice in a uniform manner ; and this has been called the cadence . But fure- ly nothing can be more deftructive of all pro- priety and energy than ...
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... book , it in part , relieves him from the influence of the school - boy habit of reading in a different key and tone from that of converfation ; and gives him greater liberty to attempt the expreffion of the countenance and gesture . Ir ...
... book , it in part , relieves him from the influence of the school - boy habit of reading in a different key and tone from that of converfation ; and gives him greater liberty to attempt the expreffion of the countenance and gesture . Ir ...
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... BOOK I. BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Page xi 1 to 28 CHAP . Page 1 . The Dervife . Spectator 19 II . Turkish Tale Ibid . 20 111 . Avarice and Luxury Ibid . 21 IV . Pleasure and Pain Ibid ... BOOK C BOOK III . DIDACTIC PIECES . CHAP . Page I.
... BOOK I. BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Page xi 1 to 28 CHAP . Page 1 . The Dervife . Spectator 19 II . Turkish Tale Ibid . 20 111 . Avarice and Luxury Ibid . 21 IV . Pleasure and Pain Ibid ... BOOK C BOOK III . DIDACTIC PIECES . CHAP . Page I.
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... BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . I. On Anger Holland 138 II . Virtue our highest Interest Harris 144 111 . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 BOOK CHAP . BOOK ...
... BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . I. On Anger Holland 138 II . Virtue our highest Interest Harris 144 111 . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 BOOK CHAP . BOOK ...
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... BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . Page 152 Ibid . 154 I. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lucretia Livy II . Hannibal to his Soldiers III . C. Marius to the Romans , on their hesitating to appoint him General in the Expedition against ...
... BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . Page 152 Ibid . 154 I. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lucretia Livy II . Hannibal to his Soldiers III . C. Marius to the Romans , on their hesitating to appoint him General in the Expedition against ...
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