The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - 346 pages |
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Page ix
... thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point out a practicable and easy method , by which this ac- complishment may be acquired . Follow Nature , is certainly the fundamental law of Ora- · tory , without regard to ...
... thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point out a practicable and easy method , by which this ac- complishment may be acquired . Follow Nature , is certainly the fundamental law of Ora- · tory , without regard to ...
Page xii
... thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker -shall be heard or not depends more upon the distinctness and force , with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . 4 " Within a ...
... thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker -shall be heard or not depends more upon the distinctness and force , with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . 4 " Within a ...
Page xxi
... things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise ...
... things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things are just , whatsoever things are pure , what- soever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise ...
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... thing , be exceedingly imperfect , and conse- quently ineffectual . Upon this head , I shall therefore only lay down the fol- lowing general precept : observe the manner in which the several passions and feelings are expressed in real ...
... thing , be exceedingly imperfect , and conse- quently ineffectual . Upon this head , I shall therefore only lay down the fol- lowing general precept : observe the manner in which the several passions and feelings are expressed in real ...
Page xxiv
... thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreeable ; it may re- quire much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed . For if a man cannot read simple sentences , or easy narrative or didactic pieces , with distinct ...
... thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreeable ; it may re- quire much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed . For if a man cannot read simple sentences , or easy narrative or didactic pieces , with distinct ...
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