A Course of Lectures on Elocution:: Together with Two Dissertations on Language; and Some Other Tracts Relative to Those SubjectsPrinted, by assignment from the executors of James Dodsley, for C. Dilly; T.N. Longman; Vernor and Hood; J. Walker; C. Law ... [and 3 others], 1798 - Elocution - 365 pages |
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Page ix
... delivered in converfation , perplex- ed by the intanglements of verbal disputation . And this might eafily be effected , if only a fourth part of that time were dedicated to the ftudy of our own tongue , which is now wafted in B 3 ...
... delivered in converfation , perplex- ed by the intanglements of verbal disputation . And this might eafily be effected , if only a fourth part of that time were dedicated to the ftudy of our own tongue , which is now wafted in B 3 ...
Page xvii
... fame fen- timents been delivered in the language of men ; had they been fent out into the world in a pamphlet ; they would probably have pro- duced " duced lefs effects upon the minds of a few INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE . xvii.
... fame fen- timents been delivered in the language of men ; had they been fent out into the world in a pamphlet ; they would probably have pro- duced " duced lefs effects upon the minds of a few INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE . xvii.
Page xx
... delivery ; or whoever fhall look at the numerous lift of fubfcribers preceding this book , will be convinced that things are now ripe for execution , and that due encouragement will not be wanting to him who fhall establish a fuccefsful ...
... delivery ; or whoever fhall look at the numerous lift of fubfcribers preceding this book , will be convinced that things are now ripe for execution , and that due encouragement will not be wanting to him who fhall establish a fuccefsful ...
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... delivered from the pul- pit , with fuch powers of perfuafive , or forci- ble elocution , as alone can make them produce their intended effects , is alfo generally allowed . In fhort , that good public reading , or speak- ing , is one of ...
... delivered from the pul- pit , with fuch powers of perfuafive , or forci- ble elocution , as alone can make them produce their intended effects , is alfo generally allowed . In fhort , that good public reading , or speak- ing , is one of ...
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... delivery : and that our Creator , when he furnished us liberal- ly with all the intellectual powers , did not in fuitable proportions fupply the means of dif playing those powers to our fellow - creatures . But as we have never been ...
... delivery : and that our Creator , when he furnished us liberal- ly with all the intellectual powers , did not in fuitable proportions fupply the means of dif playing those powers to our fellow - creatures . But as we have never been ...
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