Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryJ. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 من الصفحات An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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الصفحة vi
... speaking , may appear to relate to decoration only , and to be one of the inferior arts of catch ing an audience . But ... speak ; it is to convey to them our own ideas and emo- tions . Now the tone of our voice , our looks and gestures ...
... speaking , may appear to relate to decoration only , and to be one of the inferior arts of catch ing an audience . But ... speak ; it is to convey to them our own ideas and emo- tions . Now the tone of our voice , our looks and gestures ...
الصفحة vii
... speak so as to be fully and easily understood by all who hear him ; and next , to speak with grace and force , so as to please and to move his audience . Let us consider what is most important with respect to each of these * . In order ...
... speak so as to be fully and easily understood by all who hear him ; and next , to speak with grace and force , so as to please and to move his audience . Let us consider what is most important with respect to each of these * . In order ...
الصفحة viii
... speaking , as in common discourse . Many persons err in this respect . When they speak in public , and with solemnity , they pronounce the syllables in a different , manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and ...
... speaking , as in common discourse . Many persons err in this respect . When they speak in public , and with solemnity , they pronounce the syllables in a different , manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them , and ...
الصفحة ix
... speak- ing demand attention . These are of two kinds ; first , emphatical pauses ; and next , such as mark the distinctions of sense . An emphatical pause is made , after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we want ...
... speak- ing demand attention . These are of two kinds ; first , emphatical pauses ; and next , such as mark the distinctions of sense . An emphatical pause is made , after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we want ...
الصفحة x
... speak ing , should be very careful to provide a full supply of breath for what he is to utter . It is a great mistake to imagine , that the breath must be drawn only at the end of a period , when the voice is allowed to fall . It may ...
... speak ing , should be very careful to provide a full supply of breath for what he is to utter . It is a great mistake to imagine , that the breath must be drawn only at the end of a period , when the voice is allowed to fall . It may ...
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