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 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... natural discourse . Let every public speaker guard against this error . Whether he speak in a pri- vate room , or in a great assembly , let him remember that he still speaks . Fol- low nature : consider how she teaches you to utter any ...
... natural discourse . Let every public speaker guard against this error . Whether he speak in a pri- vate room , or in a great assembly , let him remember that he still speaks . Fol- low nature : consider how she teaches you to utter any ...
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... natural tions ; any inclination which is used , should be expression of earnestness . As for the countenance , the chief rule is , that it should correspond with the nature of the discourse , and when no particu- is always the best ...
... natural tions ; any inclination which is used , should be expression of earnestness . As for the countenance , the chief rule is , that it should correspond with the nature of the discourse , and when no particu- is always the best ...
Page xv
... nature or art contribute most to form an orator , is a trifling enquiry . In all attainments whatever , nature must be the prime agent . She must bestow the original talents . She must sow the seeds , but culture is requisite to bring ...
... nature or art contribute most to form an orator , is a trifling enquiry . In all attainments whatever , nature must be the prime agent . She must bestow the original talents . She must sow the seeds , but culture is requisite to bring ...
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... nature , and pass from one end of the creation to the other : as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exa'ted than ourselves . We see many stars by the help of ...
... nature , and pass from one end of the creation to the other : as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exa'ted than ourselves . We see many stars by the help of ...
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... nature are invigorated by the presence of their Creator , and made capable of exerting their respective qualities . The several instincts , in the brute creation , do likewise operate and work towards the se- veral ends which are ...
... nature are invigorated by the presence of their Creator , and made capable of exerting their respective qualities . The several instincts , in the brute creation , do likewise operate and work towards the se- veral ends which are ...
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