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True Eloquence , Character of Chatham , True Greatness of our Country , The Poet's Themes , Ancient and Modern Productions , Freedom of Discussion , True Reformers , The Unity of Our Republic , Cultivation of Oratory , Spiritual ...
True Eloquence , Character of Chatham , True Greatness of our Country , The Poet's Themes , Ancient and Modern Productions , Freedom of Discussion , True Reformers , The Unity of Our Republic , Cultivation of Oratory , Spiritual ...
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The true speaker must have a true manner ; and of the five great attributes of genuine expression in attitude and action , TRUTH stands first , followed by FIRMNESS , FORCE , FREEDOM , and PROPRIETY . Grace , which is sometimes added as ...
The true speaker must have a true manner ; and of the five great attributes of genuine expression in attitude and action , TRUTH stands first , followed by FIRMNESS , FORCE , FREEDOM , and PROPRIETY . Grace , which is sometimes added as ...
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The true position , ( Fig . 1. ) avoids , also , the ungainliness and inconvenience of another common error in the position of the feet , which plants them parallel , and pointing in a line drawn . straight forward from the speaker's ...
The true position , ( Fig . 1. ) avoids , also , the ungainliness and inconvenience of another common error in the position of the feet , which plants them parallel , and pointing in a line drawn . straight forward from the speaker's ...
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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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