The British Orator: Comprising Observations on Vocal Gymnastics, Articulation, Melody, Modulation, Force, Time, and Gesture : Together with a Copious Selection of Extracts in Poetry and Prose, for Exercise in Reading and Declamation |
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... honor , the advantage of your friends , and the service of your country . CICERO . ANCIENT ELOQUENCE . It will not , I think , be pretended , that any of our preachers have often occasion to address more sagacious , learned , or polite ...
... honor , the advantage of your friends , and the service of your country . CICERO . ANCIENT ELOQUENCE . It will not , I think , be pretended , that any of our preachers have often occasion to address more sagacious , learned , or polite ...
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... honor , and immortality , of everlasting kingdoms and heavenly thrones ? Did preachers labor to acquire a masterly delivery , places of public instruction would be crowded , as well as places of public diversion . Rakes and infidels ...
... honor , and immortality , of everlasting kingdoms and heavenly thrones ? Did preachers labor to acquire a masterly delivery , places of public instruction would be crowded , as well as places of public diversion . Rakes and infidels ...
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... honor and of cavaliers . I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult — but the age of chivalry is gone . That of sophisters , economists , and calculators ...
... honor and of cavaliers . I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult — but the age of chivalry is gone . That of sophisters , economists , and calculators ...
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... the market and the exchange , with their furrowed and care - worn countenances - these are only specimens of its more menial offices and subjects . Titles and honors are among its rewards , and thrones SELECTIONS IN PROSE . 73.
... the market and the exchange , with their furrowed and care - worn countenances - these are only specimens of its more menial offices and subjects . Titles and honors are among its rewards , and thrones SELECTIONS IN PROSE . 73.
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... honors are among its rewards , and thrones at its disposal . Among its counsellors are kings , and many of the great and mighty of the earth are enrolled among its subjects . Where are the waters not ploughed by its navies ? What ...
... honors are among its rewards , and thrones at its disposal . Among its counsellors are kings , and many of the great and mighty of the earth are enrolled among its subjects . Where are the waters not ploughed by its navies ? What ...
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