Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... consider the leading principle , and prevailing sentiments of most plays , we shall not wonder , that they are not always thought to be the most suitable employment for youth at school ; nor , when we reflect on the long interruptiou to ...
... consider the leading principle , and prevailing sentiments of most plays , we shall not wonder , that they are not always thought to be the most suitable employment for youth at school ; nor , when we reflect on the long interruptiou to ...
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... consider every attempt to recover it , as the labored and effected effort of art . But nature is always the same ; and every judicious imitation of it will always be pleasing . For can any one deserve the appellation of a good speaker ...
... consider every attempt to recover it , as the labored and effected effort of art . But nature is always the same ; and every judicious imitation of it will always be pleasing . For can any one deserve the appellation of a good speaker ...
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... consider whether you be not guilty of the same . To gain know ! - edge of ourselves , the best way is to convert the imperfee- tions of others , into a mirror , for discovering our own . Apply yourself more to acquire knowledge than to ...
... consider whether you be not guilty of the same . To gain know ! - edge of ourselves , the best way is to convert the imperfee- tions of others , into a mirror , for discovering our own . Apply yourself more to acquire knowledge than to ...
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... , at the bottom of a well . They both eagerly descended ; and having sufficiently allayed their thirst , be- gan to consider how they should get out . Many 58 [ PART I. LESSONS The fox and the goat, Dodsley's Fables,
... , at the bottom of a well . They both eagerly descended ; and having sufficiently allayed their thirst , be- gan to consider how they should get out . Many 58 [ PART I. LESSONS The fox and the goat, Dodsley's Fables,
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... consider how they should get out . Many expedi ents for that purpose , were mutually proposed and rejected . At last , the crafty Fox cried out with great joy - 1 have a thought just struck into my mind ; which , I am confident , will ...
... consider how they should get out . Many expedi ents for that purpose , were mutually proposed and rejected . At last , the crafty Fox cried out with great joy - 1 have a thought just struck into my mind ; which , I am confident , will ...
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