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 is Prefixed An Essay on ElocutionJ. Johnson, 1785 - 405 стор. |
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Сторінка viii
... and clut- tering pronunciation of words . The most effectu- al methods of conquering this habit , are , to read aloud paffages chofen for that purpose ( such for inftance inftance as abound with long and unusual words , or viii AN ESSAY ON.
... and clut- tering pronunciation of words . The most effectu- al methods of conquering this habit , are , to read aloud paffages chofen for that purpose ( such for inftance inftance as abound with long and unusual words , or viii AN ESSAY ON.
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... and Cadence . NE of the worft faults a speaker can have , is to make no other paufes than what he finds barely neceffary for breathing . I know of nothing nothing that such a speaker can fo properly be compared XX AN ESSAY ON.
... and Cadence . NE of the worft faults a speaker can have , is to make no other paufes than what he finds barely neceffary for breathing . I know of nothing nothing that such a speaker can fo properly be compared XX AN ESSAY ON.
Сторінка xxi
... such a speaker can fo properly be compared to , as an alarum - bell , which , when once fet a - going , clatters on till the weight that moves it is run down . Without paufes , the fense must always appear confused and obfcure , and ...
... such a speaker can fo properly be compared to , as an alarum - bell , which , when once fet a - going , clatters on till the weight that moves it is run down . Without paufes , the fense must always appear confused and obfcure , and ...
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... Such skill and judgment thrown away . The time profufely fquander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at lefs expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe , And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
... Such skill and judgment thrown away . The time profufely fquander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at lefs expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe , And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
Сторінка 47
... such a busy life ) But duly fent his family and wife . There ( fo the Devil ordain'd ) one Christmas - tide My good old Lady catch'd a cold and dy'd . A Nymph of Quality admires our Knight , He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite ...
... such a busy life ) But duly fent his family and wife . There ( fo the Devil ordain'd ) one Christmas - tide My good old Lady catch'd a cold and dy'd . A Nymph of Quality admires our Knight , He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite ...
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Сторінка 375 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy...
Сторінка 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Сторінка 213 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Сторінка 327 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
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Сторінка 376 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Сторінка 274 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Сторінка 255 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Сторінка 378 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Сторінка 395 - tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above: There is no shuffling; there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.