The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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FORCE . The third characteristic of appropriate manner in gesture , is FORCE ; which , as a prime attribute of man , can never be dispensed with . It forbids all feeble , shuffling , and unnecessary shifting ...
FORCE . The third characteristic of appropriate manner in gesture , is FORCE ; which , as a prime attribute of man , can never be dispensed with . It forbids all feeble , shuffling , and unnecessary shifting ...
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Disputants often after hot debates Leave the contention as they found it — bone , And take to dueling or thumping têtes ; Thinking by strength of artery to atone For strength of argument ; and he who winces From force of words , with ...
Disputants often after hot debates Leave the contention as they found it — bone , And take to dueling or thumping têtes ; Thinking by strength of artery to atone For strength of argument ; and he who winces From force of words , with ...
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Clearness , force , and earnestness , are the qualities which produce conviction . True eloquence , indeed , does not consist in speech . It can not be brought from far . Labor and learning may toil for it , but they will toil in vain .
Clearness , force , and earnestness , are the qualities which produce conviction . True eloquence , indeed , does not consist in speech . It can not be brought from far . Labor and learning may toil for it , but they will toil in vain .
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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