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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... say no- thing of distracting their attention with two very difficult things , at the same time . But that boys should stand mo- tionless , wirile they are pronouncing the most impassioned language , is extremely absurd and unnatural ...
... say no- thing of distracting their attention with two very difficult things , at the same time . But that boys should stand mo- tionless , wirile they are pronouncing the most impassioned language , is extremely absurd and unnatural ...
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... says Quintilian , that he is a man : He must be an improved and cultivated man ; he must be a man , favor- ed by nature and fashioned by art . But the necessity of adopting some method of teaching action , is too evident to need proof ...
... says Quintilian , that he is a man : He must be an improved and cultivated man ; he must be a man , favor- ed by nature and fashioned by art . But the necessity of adopting some method of teaching action , is too evident to need proof ...
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... say any thing in his own defence , causes his tongue to faulter and confounds his utterance ; and puts him upon making a thousand gestures and grimaces , to keep himself in coun- tenance ; all of which only heighten the confusion of his ...
... say any thing in his own defence , causes his tongue to faulter and confounds his utterance ; and puts him upon making a thousand gestures and grimaces , to keep himself in coun- tenance ; all of which only heighten the confusion of his ...
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... say it ) they are too commonly spoken in the same manner as the prayers , than which nothing can be more unnatural . Pardoning . differs from acquitting , in that the latter means clearing a person after trial of guilt : whereas the ...
... say it ) they are too commonly spoken in the same manner as the prayers , than which nothing can be more unnatural . Pardoning . differs from acquitting , in that the latter means clearing a person after trial of guilt : whereas the ...
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... says , or is said to him , appears in his look . If he expresses amazement , or would excite it , he lifts up his hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks benevolent . If he threatens the ...
... says , or is said to him , appears in his look . If he expresses amazement , or would excite it , he lifts up his hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks benevolent . If he threatens the ...
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