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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Page xiv
... muft deftroy all propriety and grace of utterance : and to make choice of fuch a courfe of practical lef- fons , as fhall give the fpeaker an opportunity of ex- ercifing himself in each branch of elocution : all this must be the effect ...
... muft deftroy all propriety and grace of utterance : and to make choice of fuch a courfe of practical lef- fons , as fhall give the fpeaker an opportunity of ex- ercifing himself in each branch of elocution : all this must be the effect ...
Page xxxi
... muft , in my apprehenfion , be weak and ineffectual . And , perhaps , the only inftruction which can be given with advantage on this head , is this general one : Observe in what manner the several emotions or paf- fions are expreffed in ...
... muft , in my apprehenfion , be weak and ineffectual . And , perhaps , the only inftruction which can be given with advantage on this head , is this general one : Observe in what manner the several emotions or paf- fions are expreffed in ...
Page 29
... muft lay down this as an established truth , that there is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The gods have fet a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity ...
... muft lay down this as an established truth , that there is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The gods have fet a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity ...
Page 42
... it , Sir , as well as you , And muft again affirm it blue ; ' << At leifure I the beaft furvey'd Extended in the cooling fhade .. 66-9 Tiss " " Tis green , ' tis green , Sir 42 . ( Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES . The Camelion.
... it , Sir , as well as you , And muft again affirm it blue ; ' << At leifure I the beaft furvey'd Extended in the cooling fhade .. 66-9 Tiss " " Tis green , ' tis green , Sir 42 . ( Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES . The Camelion.
Page 69
... muft put a continual force and restraint upon himself . Whereas he that acts fincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows Nature , and fo is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not ...
... muft put a continual force and restraint upon himself . Whereas he that acts fincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows Nature , and fo is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not ...
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