The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... Action , in America , 173. Character of Henry Clay , 174. The Fourth of July , 1851 , 175. The Gambler's Wife , 176. Blessings of Education , 177. Mr. Peppergrass's Peroration , 178. Cultivation of Oratory , 179. Against the Embargo ...
... Action , in America , 173. Character of Henry Clay , 174. The Fourth of July , 1851 , 175. The Gambler's Wife , 176. Blessings of Education , 177. Mr. Peppergrass's Peroration , 178. Cultivation of Oratory , 179. Against the Embargo ...
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... Action , Hamlet to the Players , The Grandeur of Nations , The Gladiator , Massachusetts and New York , Results of the Heroism of the Pilgrims , Education of the Young , . Talfourd , 190 C. Sumner , 269 W. C. Preston , 313 H. Greeley ...
... Action , Hamlet to the Players , The Grandeur of Nations , The Gladiator , Massachusetts and New York , Results of the Heroism of the Pilgrims , Education of the Young , . Talfourd , 190 C. Sumner , 269 W. C. Preston , 313 H. Greeley ...
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... action of the body , as well as the cultivation and discipline of the voice . The necessity of educational training is as great , obvi- ously , in the former of these departments of oratory as in the latter . In both cases , the actual ...
... action of the body , as well as the cultivation and discipline of the voice . The necessity of educational training is as great , obvi- ously , in the former of these departments of oratory as in the latter . In both cases , the actual ...
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... action , whether in the relations of private or of public life . The volume to which the present remarks are designed as an introduction , being properly limited to the furnishing of mate- rials for exercises in declamation , and the ...
... action , whether in the relations of private or of public life . The volume to which the present remarks are designed as an introduction , being properly limited to the furnishing of mate- rials for exercises in declamation , and the ...
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... action . 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 ...
... action . 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 ...
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