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Thus , in the following lines : Of all the causes , which conspire to blind Man's
erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest
bias rules , Is pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Here an injudicious reader
will be ...
Thus , in the following lines : Of all the causes , which conspire to blind Man's
erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest
bias rules , Is pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Here an injudicious reader
will be ...
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acquire action admit adopt apply beginning better Book cadence called CHAPTER circumflex clause cloth commencing common Concluding consists delivery distinction Edition Elocution emphasis emphatic English equal example exercise expressed falling inflection force former four give given GOWER STREET Grammar Greek hand heavy importance improvement instance John kind language Latin latter least less light loud manner marked means measure mind namely nature necessary never objects observed organs particulars passage passion pause perceive pleasures practice preceding principal produce PROFESSOR pronounced pronunciation proper prose quantity reader reading reason requires respect rest rising inflection rule sense sentence short simple soft sound speaker speaking speech spirit style syllable taken thing third thou tion tone variety verse voice words
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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | A Grammar of Elocution |
| Autor | Rev. Samuel Wood |
| Edição | 2 |
| Publicado | 1833 |
| Original de | Harvard University |
| Digitalizado | 23 fev. 2007 |
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