An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private LearnersPratt, Woodford & Company, 1845 - 357 páginas |
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... present , infest almost every rank in so- ciety . Besides this , the book would be of great utility in schools - such a one as has long been wanted ; and we are glad to see it forthcoming . In his selections , the author has displayed ...
... present , infest almost every rank in so- ciety . Besides this , the book would be of great utility in schools - such a one as has long been wanted ; and we are glad to see it forthcoming . In his selections , the author has displayed ...
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... present little that is new and use- ful , a redeeming virtue may be claimed , by presenting in those which follow , much that has been long tried in the crucible of criticism , and which , like pure gold , has been found always to grow ...
... present little that is new and use- ful , a redeeming virtue may be claimed , by presenting in those which follow , much that has been long tried in the crucible of criticism , and which , like pure gold , has been found always to grow ...
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... present subject , he has not the vanity to imagine ; but if his knowledge drawn from observation , and experience in teaching elocution , enable him so to treat the science as to call the attention of some to its cultivation , and ...
... present subject , he has not the vanity to imagine ; but if his knowledge drawn from observation , and experience in teaching elocution , enable him so to treat the science as to call the attention of some to its cultivation , and ...
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... present such pieces as are calculated to cultivate the taste , enlighten the understanding , improve the judgment , and establish the morals of the young , and , at the same time , to inspire them with a fondness for reading , and a ...
... present such pieces as are calculated to cultivate the taste , enlighten the understanding , improve the judgment , and establish the morals of the young , and , at the same time , to inspire them with a fondness for reading , and a ...
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... present day , the standard value of every discovery and im- provement in science and the arts , is not , ( as it ought to be , ) the amount it will add to the happiness of man - is not , its tendency to enlighten , to refine , to ...
... present day , the standard value of every discovery and im- provement in science and the arts , is not , ( as it ought to be , ) the amount it will add to the happiness of man - is not , its tendency to enlighten , to refine , to ...
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