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Page vii
... himself in each branch of elocution : all this must be the effect of attention and la- bour ; and in all this much affiftance may cer- tainly be derived from inftruction . What are rules or leffons for acquiring this or any other art ...
... himself in each branch of elocution : all this must be the effect of attention and la- bour ; and in all this much affiftance may cer- tainly be derived from inftruction . What are rules or leffons for acquiring this or any other art ...
Page xvii
... improprieties of fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach , To epithets allots emphatic ftate , & Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like lacquies wait ; In ways firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands b 5 I ELOCUTION . xvii.
... improprieties of fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach , To epithets allots emphatic ftate , & Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like lacquies wait ; In ways firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands b 5 I ELOCUTION . xvii.
Page xviii
... himself excels , And ftands alone in indeclineables ; Conjuction , prepofition , adverb join To ftamp new vigour on the nervous line : In monofyllables his thunders roll , He , she , IT , AND , WE , YE , THEY , fright the foul ...
... himself excels , And ftands alone in indeclineables ; Conjuction , prepofition , adverb join To ftamp new vigour on the nervous line : In monofyllables his thunders roll , He , she , IT , AND , WE , YE , THEY , fright the foul ...
Page xxiii
... himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators by describing to them in words the manner in which their voice , countenance , and hands are to be employed , in expreffing the paffions , muft in my ...
... himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators by describing to them in words the manner in which their voice , countenance , and hands are to be employed , in expreffing the paffions , muft in my ...
Page xxiv
... himself with reading , and fpeaking with an immediate view to the correct- ing of his fundamental faults , before he aims at any thing higher . This may be irksome and dif agreeable ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it ...
... himself with reading , and fpeaking with an immediate view to the correct- ing of his fundamental faults , before he aims at any thing higher . This may be irksome and dif agreeable ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it ...
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