The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis : Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and Recitation |
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... heart of man to conceive . Sentences constructed like the following also fall under this rule . 3. Poor were the expectations of the studious , the modest , and the good ' , if the reward of their labours were only to be expected from ...
... heart of man to conceive . Sentences constructed like the following also fall under this rule . 3. Poor were the expectations of the studious , the modest , and the good ' , if the reward of their labours were only to be expected from ...
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... heart of man ; the load of an hour from the heir of an eternity . 9 MEMBERS . - RULE . 1` , 2` , 3 ' , 4 ' , 5 ' , 6` , 7` , 8` , 9 ′ .— Joy , grief , fear ' , anger ' , pity ' , scorn ' , hate ' , jealousy , and love ' , stamp assumed ...
... heart of man ; the load of an hour from the heir of an eternity . 9 MEMBERS . - RULE . 1` , 2` , 3 ' , 4 ' , 5 ' , 6` , 7` , 8` , 9 ′ .— Joy , grief , fear ' , anger ' , pity ' , scorn ' , hate ' , jealousy , and love ' , stamp assumed ...
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... heart ' , a calm deli- berate courage ' , a prompt zeal for the public service ' , are at once constituents of true ... hearts , and to swell them with the most rap- turous delight . 5 MEMBERS . - The verdant lawn ' , the shady grove ...
... heart ' , a calm deli- berate courage ' , a prompt zeal for the public service ' , are at once constituents of true ... hearts , and to swell them with the most rap- turous delight . 5 MEMBERS . - The verdant lawn ' , the shady grove ...
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... be- gun to leave the passage to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded ' ; when kind and caressing looks of every object without , that can flatter his senses , has conspired PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION . 39 Series of Serieses.
... be- gun to leave the passage to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded ' ; when kind and caressing looks of every object without , that can flatter his senses , has conspired PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION . 39 Series of Serieses.
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... heart ' ; see how vain ' , how weak ' , how empty ' a thing it is ! 2. So when the faithful pencil has design'd Some bright idea of the master's mind ' , Where a new world leaps out at his command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ...
... heart ' ; see how vain ' , how weak ' , how empty ' a thing it is ! 2. So when the faithful pencil has design'd Some bright idea of the master's mind ' , Where a new world leaps out at his command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ...
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