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 W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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... appears before the public , to confider the business he has to perform in any · other light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Ora- tor has of late often been treated with ...
... appears before the public , to confider the business he has to perform in any · other light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Ora- tor has of late often been treated with ...
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... appear new to them . It happens to men of learning , as to ears of corn ; they fhoot up , and raife their head's high , while they are empty ; but when full , and fwelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He that is truly ...
... appear new to them . It happens to men of learning , as to ears of corn ; they fhoot up , and raife their head's high , while they are empty ; but when full , and fwelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He that is truly ...
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... man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the fake of character . A LIAR begins with making falsehood appear like truth , A LIAR 10 ( Book D. SELECT SENTENCES . Corporal Trim's Eloquence The Man of Rofs.
... man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the fake of character . A LIAR begins with making falsehood appear like truth , A LIAR 10 ( Book D. SELECT SENTENCES . Corporal Trim's Eloquence The Man of Rofs.
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... appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood . VIRTUE fhould be confidered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in dif- course , as we would puns , bad language , or ...
... appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood . VIRTUE fhould be confidered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in dif- course , as we would puns , bad language , or ...
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... red ; and endeavoured to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien , by a mixture of affectation in all her geftures , D. geftures . She had a wonderful confidence and affurance in CHAP . VII . ) 27 NARRATIVE PIECES . Hercules's ...
... red ; and endeavoured to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien , by a mixture of affectation in all her geftures , D. geftures . She had a wonderful confidence and affurance in CHAP . VII . ) 27 NARRATIVE PIECES . Hercules's ...
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