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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... thoughts and senti- ments , either from memory or immediate con- ception ; for , besides that there is an artificial uniformity , which almost always distinguishes reading from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head ...
... thoughts and senti- ments , either from memory or immediate con- ception ; for , besides that there is an artificial uniformity , which almost always distinguishes reading from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head ...
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... thought to do great things , who are But tools and instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though a man may become learned by ano- ther's learning ; he never can be wise but by ...
... thought to do great things , who are But tools and instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though a man may become learned by ano- ther's learning ; he never can be wise but by ...
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... thought which he thinks worth exhi- biting . It is wise to fix this pretty high , although it occasions one to talk the less . To endeavour all one's days to fortify our minds with learning and philosophy , is to spend so much in armour ...
... thought which he thinks worth exhi- biting . It is wise to fix this pretty high , although it occasions one to talk the less . To endeavour all one's days to fortify our minds with learning and philosophy , is to spend so much in armour ...
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... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
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... thought so , replied the other , by your loading him so unmercifully . You and your son are better able to carry the poor beast , than he you . Any thing to please , says the owner ; and alighting with his son , they tied the legs of ...
... thought so , replied the other , by your loading him so unmercifully . You and your son are better able to carry the poor beast , than he you . Any thing to please , says the owner ; and alighting with his son , they tied the legs of ...
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