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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ... |
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Page xv
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the conftruction ofthe English language , or in the laws of harmony . In accent- ing words , the general custom and a good ear are the best guides : only it may be observed that accent accent ...
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the conftruction ofthe English language , or in the laws of harmony . In accent- ing words , the general custom and a good ear are the best guides : only it may be observed that accent accent ...
Page xviii
... poffible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conver- fation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express ourselves emphatically , and feldom place the emphafis improperly . With respect to ...
... poffible to the manner in which we distinguish one word from another in conver- fation ; for in familiar discourse we scarcely ever fail to express ourselves emphatically , and feldom place the emphafis improperly . With respect to ...
Page xx
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public fpeaker has occafion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII . Acquire ...
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public fpeaker has occafion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII . Acquire ...
Page xxv
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a grammar it would be possible for any one to inftruct himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators by defcribing to ...
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a grammar it would be possible for any one to inftruct himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators by defcribing to ...
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... poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not fo much as take warning ? ALTHOUGH men are accused for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own ftrength . It is in men as in foils ...
... poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not fo much as take warning ? ALTHOUGH men are accused for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own ftrength . It is in men as in foils ...
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