The speaker, or Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers. To which is prefixed An essay on elocution, by W. Enfield |
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In common conversation almost every man closes his period with energy and
spirit . V. Begin gently . Slive over every insignificant particle : such as , and , but ,
if , or , as , so , by , in , etc. and reserve the stress of your voice for words of more ...
In common conversation almost every man closes his period with energy and
spirit . V. Begin gently . Slive over every insignificant particle : such as , and , but ,
if , or , as , so , by , in , etc. and reserve the stress of your voice for words of more ...
Página xxvii
In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while he thinks , which
gives him time to breathe . But the reader , who sees every thing before him , has
no occasion to think , and therefore is apt to run on , without intermission , till his ...
In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while he thinks , which
gives him time to breathe . But the reader , who sees every thing before him , has
no occasion to think , and therefore is apt to run on , without intermission , till his ...
Página 91
Order is Heaven's first law , and this confest , and must be , greater than the rest ,
More rich , more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier , shocks
all common sense . Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in ...
Order is Heaven's first law , and this confest , and must be , greater than the rest ,
More rich , more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier , shocks
all common sense . Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in ...
Página 101
... By shameful yariance betwixt Man and Man : How many pine in want , and
dungeon glooms Shut from the common air , and common use Of their own limbs
: how many drink the Of balesul grief , or eat the bitter bread Of misery : sore pierc
'd ...
... By shameful yariance betwixt Man and Man : How many pine in want , and
dungeon glooms Shut from the common air , and common use Of their own limbs
: how many drink the Of balesul grief , or eat the bitter bread Of misery : sore pierc
'd ...
Página 119
Am I not related to them all , by the mutual aids of commerce ; by the general
intercourse of arts and letters ; by that common nature , of which we all participate
? -- Again-I must have food and clothing -- Without a proper genial warmth , I ...
Am I not related to them all , by the mutual aids of commerce ; by the general
intercourse of arts and letters ; by that common nature , of which we all participate
? -- Again-I must have food and clothing -- Without a proper genial warmth , I ...
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| Título | The speaker, or Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers. To which is prefixed An essay on elocution, by W. Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publicado | 1804 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 13 jun. 2007 |
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