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Tuch declamation has been employed to convince the world of a very plain truth ,
that to be able to speak well is an ornamental and useful accomplishment .
Without the laboured panegyrics of ancient or modern orators , the importance of
a ...
Tuch declamation has been employed to convince the world of a very plain truth ,
that to be able to speak well is an ornamental and useful accomplishment .
Without the laboured panegyrics of ancient or modern orators , the importance of
a ...
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Persons of great delicacy should know the certainty of the following truth : there
are abundance of cases which occasion suspense , in which whatever they
determine , they will repent of the determination ; and this through a propensity of
...
Persons of great delicacy should know the certainty of the following truth : there
are abundance of cases which occasion suspense , in which whatever they
determine , they will repent of the determination ; and this through a propensity of
...
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It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom ,
nature will always be endeavouring to return , and will betray herself at one time
or other . Therefore if any man think it convenient to seem good , let him be so ...
It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom ,
nature will always be endeavouring to return , and will betray herself at one time
or other . Therefore if any man think it convenient to seem good , let him be so ...
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A liar hath need of a good memory , lest he contradict at one time what he said at
another ; but truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out
; it is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips ; whereas a lie is troublesome ...
A liar hath need of a good memory , lest he contradict at one time what he said at
another ; but truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out
; it is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips ; whereas a lie is troublesome ...
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nothing will then serve his turn , neither truth nor falsehood . - Indeed , if a man
were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to
converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word
, it ...
nothing will then serve his turn , neither truth nor falsehood . - Indeed , if a man
were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to
converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word
, it ...
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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Editora | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 13 jun. 2007 |
| Num. págs. | 376 páginas |
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