An American Selection, of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which are Prefixed Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the MindSeward and Williams, 1813 - 226 Seiten |
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... mean the expression of the emotions and passions in the countenance . Gestures are the various motions of the hands or body , which correspond to the several sentiments and passions which the speaker designs to express . All these ...
... mean the expression of the emotions and passions in the countenance . Gestures are the various motions of the hands or body , which correspond to the several sentiments and passions which the speaker designs to express . All these ...
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... mean in all things . Even virtue itself has its stated limits , which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove ...
... mean in all things . Even virtue itself has its stated limits , which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove ...
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... mean , but a necessary substitute for it in societies which have none . It is a sort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the sterling cash of true mor- ality and religion . Persons of great ...
... mean , but a necessary substitute for it in societies which have none . It is a sort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the sterling cash of true mor- ality and religion . Persons of great ...
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... mean sentiments . " The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba-- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform . It is true that ...
... mean sentiments . " The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba-- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform . It is true that ...
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... mean that asperity which men , who are called devout , sometimes indulge . The philosopher , though he felt no devotion , never quarrelled with it in others . His governant joined the old man and his daugh- ter in the prayers and ...
... mean that asperity which men , who are called devout , sometimes indulge . The philosopher , though he felt no devotion , never quarrelled with it in others . His governant joined the old man and his daugh- ter in the prayers and ...
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