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 SpeakingJ. Johnson, 1792 - 436 Seiten |
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... those tones , and habits of speaking , which are grofs de- viations from nature , and as far as they prevail must de- ftroy all propriety and grace of utterance ; and to acquire a habit of reading , or fpeaking , upon every occafion ...
... those tones , and habits of speaking , which are grofs de- viations from nature , and as far as they prevail must de- ftroy all propriety and grace of utterance ; and to acquire a habit of reading , or fpeaking , upon every occafion ...
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... those founds which require an emphatical pronunciation ; read aloud in the open air , and with all the exertion you can command ; preferve your body in an erect attitude while you are fpeaking ; let all the confonant founds be expreffed ...
... those founds which require an emphatical pronunciation ; read aloud in the open air , and with all the exertion you can command ; preferve your body in an erect attitude while you are fpeaking ; let all the confonant founds be expreffed ...
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... those inflections and variations to the voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , Book iii . Chap . 2 . that that we so often hear perfons read with an improper ...
... those inflections and variations to the voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , Book iii . Chap . 2 . that that we so often hear perfons read with an improper ...
Seite xxx
... those of the plaintive , tender or folemn kind , the tone of the paf- fion will often require a ftill greater cadence of the voice . But before a fpeaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the clofe of a ...
... those of the plaintive , tender or folemn kind , the tone of the paf- fion will often require a ftill greater cadence of the voice . But before a fpeaker can be able to fall his voice with propriety and judgment at the clofe of a ...
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... Those scenes in nature , which , from caufes which it is the business of philosophy to explore , are adapted to excite in the fpec- tator agreeable perceptions and emotions , may , by the aid of language , be exhibited in colours , lefs ...
... Those scenes in nature , which , from caufes which it is the business of philosophy to explore , are adapted to excite in the fpec- tator agreeable perceptions and emotions , may , by the aid of language , be exhibited in colours , lefs ...
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