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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... thought to be the most suitable employment for youth at school ; nor , when we reflect on the long interruptiou to the common school exercises , which the preparation for a play mast necessarily occasion , shall we think it consistent ...
... thought to be the most suitable employment for youth at school ; nor , when we reflect on the long interruptiou to the common school exercises , which the preparation for a play mast necessarily occasion , shall we think it consistent ...
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... thoughts and sentiments , either from memory or immediate conception : For , besides that there is an ar- tificial uniformity which almost always distinguishes read- ing from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head ...
... thoughts and sentiments , either from memory or immediate conception : For , besides that there is an ar- tificial uniformity which almost always distinguishes read- ing from speaking , the fixed posture , and the bending of the head ...
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... thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire while they were young , Every man , however little , makes a figure in his own eyes . SECT . 1. LESSONS IN READING . 1. ] Self PART I. -LESSONS IN READING SECTION I to 5 Select ...
... thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire while they were young , Every man , however little , makes a figure in his own eyes . SECT . 1. LESSONS IN READING . 1. ] Self PART I. -LESSONS IN READING SECTION I to 5 Select ...
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... thought just struck into my mind ; which , I am confident , will extricate us out of our difficulty : Do you , said he to the Goat , only rear yourself up on your hind legs , and rest your fore feet against the side of the well . In ...
... thought just struck into my mind ; which , I am confident , will extricate us out of our difficulty : Do you , said he to the Goat , only rear yourself up on your hind legs , and rest your fore feet against the side of the well . In ...
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... the variety of colours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to show her complexion to advantage , She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them SECT . 1. ] 67 IN READING . Hercules' choice, Tattler,
... the variety of colours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to show her complexion to advantage , She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them SECT . 1. ] 67 IN READING . Hercules' choice, Tattler,
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