The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... look for this standard only among those who unite these two characters , and with the correctness and precision of true learning , com- bine the ease and elegance of genteel life . An attention to such models , and a free intercours ...
... look for this standard only among those who unite these two characters , and with the correctness and precision of true learning , com- bine the ease and elegance of genteel life . An attention to such models , and a free intercours ...
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... looks , and gestures . THER HERE is the language of emotions and passions , as well as of ideas . To express the lat- ter is the peculiar province of words ; to express the former , nature teaches us to make use of tones , looks , and ...
... looks , and gestures . THER HERE is the language of emotions and passions , as well as of ideas . To express the lat- ter is the peculiar province of words ; to express the former , nature teaches us to make use of tones , looks , and ...
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... look , what he saith , they extol it to the clouds ; but if a poor man speaks , they say , What fellow is this ? : + Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue : well is he who is defended ...
... look , what he saith , they extol it to the clouds ; but if a poor man speaks , they say , What fellow is this ? : + Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue : well is he who is defended ...
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... looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an ...
... looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an ...
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... looks , and all the variety of colours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to shew her com- plexion to advantage . She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her ...
... looks , and all the variety of colours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to shew her com- plexion to advantage . She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her ...
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