The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... once received so much attention , should afterwards and for so long a time have been almost completely neglected ? We know what importance the ancient orators of Greece and Rome attached to the study of rhetoric . The prince of them all ...
... once received so much attention , should afterwards and for so long a time have been almost completely neglected ? We know what importance the ancient orators of Greece and Rome attached to the study of rhetoric . The prince of them all ...
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... effect of pitch . From the want of a proper knowledge of this it is by no means an uncommon occurrence for both orators and readers to commence at once on the highest key of their voice , On Pitch . 15 Rob Roy's Defence of Himself.
... effect of pitch . From the want of a proper knowledge of this it is by no means an uncommon occurrence for both orators and readers to commence at once on the highest key of their voice , On Pitch . 15 Rob Roy's Defence of Himself.
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Joseph Edwards Carpenter. at once on the highest key of their voice , under the mistaken idea that they will be heard with greater ease ; but this , indeed , is a fatal mistake . In the first place the voice loses its natural power and ...
Joseph Edwards Carpenter. at once on the highest key of their voice , under the mistaken idea that they will be heard with greater ease ; but this , indeed , is a fatal mistake . In the first place the voice loses its natural power and ...
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... once im- plies a mature consideration of the argument about to be advanced , and communicates insensibly an idea of its importance . And on the contrary , a cheerful air raises the expectation of being enter- tained with a pleasant and ...
... once im- plies a mature consideration of the argument about to be advanced , and communicates insensibly an idea of its importance . And on the contrary , a cheerful air raises the expectation of being enter- tained with a pleasant and ...
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... once asked , “ Who is that talking out of a boat ? " A judicious management of the eyes , in awakening and insuring a continued attention , also deserves notice . They should be neither wandering nor altogether fixed or staring , but ...
... once asked , “ Who is that talking out of a boat ? " A judicious management of the eyes , in awakening and insuring a continued attention , also deserves notice . They should be neither wandering nor altogether fixed or staring , but ...
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