The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J. White |
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... mean or niggardly hand , is incessantly lift- ing up her voice - to whom alone we appeal for proof of our observations . Through the child , she becomes his instructor , and may teach him to avoid those rocks and quicksands , which have ...
... mean or niggardly hand , is incessantly lift- ing up her voice - to whom alone we appeal for proof of our observations . Through the child , she becomes his instructor , and may teach him to avoid those rocks and quicksands , which have ...
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... Means for the The Author , 139 Massillon , 141 Chalmers , 142 Wayland , 145 Massillon , 147 . Ibid . 150 Chalmers , 151 Ibid . 152 Ibid . 155 Ibid . 157 Sterne , 160 Hall , 162 Moral Renovation of the World , Wayland , 165 On the Death ...
... Means for the The Author , 139 Massillon , 141 Chalmers , 142 Wayland , 145 Massillon , 147 . Ibid . 150 Chalmers , 151 Ibid . 152 Ibid . 155 Ibid . 157 Sterne , 160 Hall , 162 Moral Renovation of the World , Wayland , 165 On the Death ...
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... means for their removal , is a subject particularly worthy of attention . But whatever causes may be assigned for this unequal progress , we must not imagine that the difficulties of the subject are the only barriers in the way of their ...
... means for their removal , is a subject particularly worthy of attention . But whatever causes may be assigned for this unequal progress , we must not imagine that the difficulties of the subject are the only barriers in the way of their ...
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... mean to assert , that all , or even many , can , by assiduous applica- tion , become accomplished Orators , neither indeed is it ne- cessary ; but " there is a wide interval , " as Blair observes , " between mediocrity and perfection ...
... mean to assert , that all , or even many , can , by assiduous applica- tion , become accomplished Orators , neither indeed is it ne- cessary ; but " there is a wide interval , " as Blair observes , " between mediocrity and perfection ...
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... be thought very proper and very rational questions . But are they so ? Our system says , by all means , let him learn to read his native tongue . But what kind of reading is it ? It is , let him read in B 2 INTRODUCTION . iii.
... be thought very proper and very rational questions . But are they so ? Our system says , by all means , let him learn to read his native tongue . But what kind of reading is it ? It is , let him read in B 2 INTRODUCTION . iii.
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