Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vi
... fenti- ments and the proper manner of pro- nouncing them , that he who does not pro- nounce them after that manner , can never perfuade us , that he believes , or feels , the fentiments themfelves . His delivery may be fuch , as to give ...
... fenti- ments and the proper manner of pro- nouncing them , that he who does not pro- nounce them after that manner , can never perfuade us , that he believes , or feels , the fentiments themfelves . His delivery may be fuch , as to give ...
Page ix
... fentiment , by placing the emphafis differently . In the follow- ing words of our Saviour , obferve in what different ... fentiments which he is to pronounce . For to lay the emphafis with exact propriety , is a conftant exercife of good ...
... fentiment , by placing the emphafis differently . In the follow- ing words of our Saviour , obferve in what different ... fentiments which he is to pronounce . For to lay the emphafis with exact propriety , is a conftant exercife of good ...
Page xi
... fentiment we utter , more especially to every ftrong emo- tion , nature hath adapted fome peculiar tone of voice ... fentiments and emotions ; which he can never be fuccefsful in doing , unlefs he ut- ters them in fuch a manner as to ...
... fentiment we utter , more especially to every ftrong emo- tion , nature hath adapted fome peculiar tone of voice ... fentiments and emotions ; which he can never be fuccefsful in doing , unlefs he ut- ters them in fuch a manner as to ...
Page xiv
... fentiments ; leaving nature , and previously formed habits , to prompt and fuggeft his manner of delivery . II . Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the conpofi- tion ...
... fentiments ; leaving nature , and previously formed habits , to prompt and fuggeft his manner of delivery . II . Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the conpofi- tion ...
Page xv
... fentiments which will ever be most powerful in affecting the hearts of others . Bad as the world is , nothing has fo great and univerfal a command over the minds of men as virtue . No kind of lan- guage is fo generally understood , and ...
... fentiments which will ever be most powerful in affecting the hearts of others . Bad as the world is , nothing has fo great and univerfal a command over the minds of men as virtue . No kind of lan- guage is fo generally understood , and ...
Contents
25 | |
27 | |
28 | |
33 | |
35 | |
39 | |
45 | |
49 | |
52 | |
55 | |
57 | |
58 | |
61 | |
64 | |
71 | |
77 | |
80 | |
85 | |
95 | |
105 | |
112 | |
117 | |
118 | |
124 | |
126 | |
130 | |
132 | |
139 | |
158 | |
171 | |
230 | |
236 | |
244 | |
303 | |
309 | |
310 | |
321 | |
339 | |
369 | |
378 | |
387 | |
395 | |
396 | |
402 | |
415 | |
424 | |
445 | |
453 | |
457 | |
467 | |
470 | |
473 | |
477 | |
480 | |
486 | |
505 | |
556 | |
573 | |
600 | |
604 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affiftance againſt alfo bad company becauſe beft bleffing cafe caufe Chrift Chriftian confequence confider confideration converfation courfe defign defire difcover difpofed difpofition divine earth endeavour exprefs fafe faid fame fecurity feems felves fenfe fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fociety fome fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human inftance intereft itſelf Jefus juft laft leaft lefs mankind manner ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs never obferve occafion ourſelves paffions pafs perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect reft religion ſhall ſpeak thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal unto uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife worfe