Noble influence and how to obtain it1882 |
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able absolutely acquired afterwards amongst aptitude attention BEDFORDSHIRE believe better bodily body Bunyan called certainly CHAPTER Cicero clear command condition confidence course cultivate defect degree delivery Demosthenes depends doubt ELSTOW endeavour exercise express extemporaneous fact faculty of imagination fancy fluency of thought fluent speaking fluently friends gain habit hand head heart Hence honour ideas impromptu impromptu speaking improve intelligence JOHN BRIGHT John Bunyan knowledge language less LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS listen live Lord Brougham lucid man's marriage matter means memory mental mind moral integrity Nature necessary ness never NOBLE INFLUENCE object occasion once orators oratory perception PHYSICAL VIGOUR Pilgrim's Progress possess Quintilian ready remarkable remember SAMUEL WHITBREAD sense SOUTHILL speak or write speaker speech spoken style sufficient surely things tion true truth turkeys undoubtedly utterance wealth whilst words worth WYMAN & SONS young
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