Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ...: To which is Added a Complete System of the Passions, Showing how They Affect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body. Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of ShakespeareD. Mallory, 1810 - 379 էջ |
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... give publick lectures on English Pronuncia- tion at the University of Oxford , I was some time afterwards invited by several of the Heads of Houses to give private lectures on the Art of Reading , in their respective Colleges . So flat ...
... give publick lectures on English Pronuncia- tion at the University of Oxford , I was some time afterwards invited by several of the Heads of Houses to give private lectures on the Art of Reading , in their respective Colleges . So flat ...
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... gives it all that force , beauty , and variety , of which it is susceptible : the first of these considerations ... give it a variety and beauty which recommend it to the ear ; for in speaking , as in other arts , the useful and the ...
... gives it all that force , beauty , and variety , of which it is susceptible : the first of these considerations ... give it a variety and beauty which recommend it to the ear ; for in speaking , as in other arts , the useful and the ...
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... give him leave : but I must again observe , that when I contend for the propriety , and even necessity , of pausing , where we find no points in writing or printing , I do not mean to disturb the present practice of punctuation : I wish ...
... give him leave : but I must again observe , that when I contend for the propriety , and even necessity , of pausing , where we find no points in writing or printing , I do not mean to disturb the present practice of punctuation : I wish ...
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... novels , who affect to write like Sterne , or where used improperly , and when the common points would give more precision to the sense , as we sometimes find even in Sterne himself ; in this case , I say 30 ELEMENTS OF.
... novels , who affect to write like Sterne , or where used improperly , and when the common points would give more precision to the sense , as we sometimes find even in Sterne himself ; in this case , I say 30 ELEMENTS OF.
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... give a general idea of the principles of that punctuation which really exists in correct and elegant speaking , but which has hitherto been left entirely to the taste and judgment of the reader . Theory of Rhetorical Punctuation . Iz ...
... give a general idea of the principles of that punctuation which really exists in correct and elegant speaking , but which has hitherto been left entirely to the taste and judgment of the reader . Theory of Rhetorical Punctuation . Iz ...
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