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 vi
... Pain V. Labour Ibid . 23 World VI . The Old Man and his Afs Ibid . VII . Hercules's Choice VIII . Pity Tatler Mrs. Barbauld IX . The Dead Afs X. The Sword Sterne Ibid . XI . Maria Ibid . XII . The Chameleon Merrick 2,2 2 3 3 3 3 + 25 26 ...
... Pain V. Labour Ibid . 23 World VI . The Old Man and his Afs Ibid . VII . Hercules's Choice VIII . Pity Tatler Mrs. Barbauld IX . The Dead Afs X. The Sword Sterne Ibid . XI . Maria Ibid . XII . The Chameleon Merrick 2,2 2 3 3 3 3 + 25 26 ...
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... Pain arifing from virtuous Emotions XXVI . The Pleafures arifing from a cultivated Akenfide 128 Ibid . 132 Imagination XXVII . Slavery Ibid . 134 Darwin 136 . BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . I. On Anger Holland 138 II . Virtue our ...
... Pain arifing from virtuous Emotions XXVI . The Pleafures arifing from a cultivated Akenfide 128 Ibid . 132 Imagination XXVII . Slavery Ibid . 134 Darwin 136 . BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . I. On Anger Holland 138 II . Virtue our ...
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... pains should be taken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of speech , are generally the confequence of inattention or bad example . SOME perfons find it ...
... pains should be taken to discover and correct thofe faults in articulation , which , though often afcribed to fome defect in the organs of speech , are generally the confequence of inattention or bad example . SOME perfons find it ...
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... pains are neceffary in acquir- ing the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able , with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
... pains are neceffary in acquir- ing the habit of just and forcible pronunciation ; and it can only be the effect of close attention and long practice , to be able , with a mere glance of the eye , to read any piece with good emphasis and ...
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... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , and this with the greatest succefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the fchool , or chamber , to the bar , the fenate , or the pulpit . A young man ...
... pains have been taken to acquire a just elocution , and this with the greatest succefs , there is fome difficulty in carrying the art of fpeaking out of the fchool , or chamber , to the bar , the fenate , or the pulpit . A young man ...
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