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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... these from the mere effect of arbitrary cuftom or falfe tafte to discover and correct thofe tones , and habits of fpeaking , which are grofs deviations . from nature , and as far as they prevail must destroy all propriety and grace of ...
... these from the mere effect of arbitrary cuftom or falfe tafte to discover and correct thofe tones , and habits of fpeaking , which are grofs deviations . from nature , and as far as they prevail must destroy all propriety and grace of ...
Page vii
... in giving a clear and full utterance to the several fim- ple and complex founds . The nature of these founds , therefore , ought to be well understood ; and and much pains should be taken to discover and correct ELOCUTION . vii Grongar ...
... in giving a clear and full utterance to the several fim- ple and complex founds . The nature of these founds , therefore , ought to be well understood ; and and much pains should be taken to discover and correct ELOCUTION . vii Grongar ...
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... these respect the founding of the confonants . Some cannot pronounce the letter 1 , and others the fimple founds r , s , th , fh ; others generally omit the af- pirate h . These faults may be corre & ted , by reading sentences , fo ...
... these respect the founding of the confonants . Some cannot pronounce the letter 1 , and others the fimple founds r , s , th , fh ; others generally omit the af- pirate h . These faults may be corre & ted , by reading sentences , fo ...
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... these rules with perfeverance , till you have acquired ftrength and energy of fpeech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
... these rules with perfeverance , till you have acquired ftrength and energy of fpeech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
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... these would neither be proper nor agreeable in fpeaking ; but the exercife will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarce- ly to be acquired by any other method . Hav- ing repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
... these would neither be proper nor agreeable in fpeaking ; but the exercife will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarce- ly to be acquired by any other method . Hav- ing repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
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