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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Page viii
... those faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of fpeech , are generally the confequence of inat- tention or bad example . Many of these respect the founding of the confonants . Some cannot ...
... those faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of fpeech , are generally the confequence of inat- tention or bad example . Many of these respect the founding of the confonants . Some cannot ...
Page ix
... those founds which require an emphatical pronunciation ; read aloud in the open air , and with all the exertion you can command ; preserve your body in an erect atti- b tude tude while you are fpeaking ; let all the confo ELOCUTION . ix ...
... those founds which require an emphatical pronunciation ; read aloud in the open air , and with all the exertion you can command ; preserve your body in an erect atti- b tude tude while you are fpeaking ; let all the confo ELOCUTION . ix ...
Page xiii
... those who unite these two characters , and with the correct- nefs and precifion of true learning , combine the eafe and elegance of genteel life . An attention to fuch models , and a free intercourfe with the polite world , are the best ...
... those who unite these two characters , and with the correct- nefs and precifion of true learning , combine the eafe and elegance of genteel life . An attention to fuch models , and a free intercourfe with the polite world , are the best ...
Page xv
... those inflections and varia- tions to the voice , which nature requires and it is for want of this previous ftudy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no ...
... those inflections and varia- tions to the voice , which nature requires and it is for want of this previous ftudy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no ...
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... those that are moft forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A MORE glorious victory cannot be gained over another B ...
... those that are moft forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . A MORE glorious victory cannot be gained over another B ...
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