Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 |
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... preacher I have ventured to speak the more freely , as lying within my own more immediate province , and belonging to my particular profession . Of the other modes of public speaking I have treated with greater reserve ; yet as they may ...
... preacher I have ventured to speak the more freely , as lying within my own more immediate province , and belonging to my particular profession . Of the other modes of public speaking I have treated with greater reserve ; yet as they may ...
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... preachers stand stock still in the pulpit , and will not so “ much as move a finger , to set off the best sermons in the world . " We meet with the same speaking statues at our bars , and in all public places of debate . Our words flow ...
... preachers stand stock still in the pulpit , and will not so “ much as move a finger , to set off the best sermons in the world . " We meet with the same speaking statues at our bars , and in all public places of debate . Our words flow ...
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... preacher's soul . Were a taste for this " kind of elocution to take place , it is difficult to say how much " the preaching art would gain by it . Pronunciation would be " studied , an ear would be formed , the voice would be modu ...
... preacher's soul . Were a taste for this " kind of elocution to take place , it is difficult to say how much " the preaching art would gain by it . Pronunciation would be " studied , an ear would be formed , the voice would be modu ...
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... preachers and public speakers for their inattention to delivery , however strong , are not more so than those , which even our lively neighbours have urged against their own speakers for similar inattention . Ludovicus Cresollius , a ...
... preachers and public speakers for their inattention to delivery , however strong , are not more so than those , which even our lively neighbours have urged against their own speakers for similar inattention . Ludovicus Cresollius , a ...
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... preacher is accustomed to begin at the lowest tones of his voice ; so as sometimes at first to be scarcely audible . Thus he feels , as it were , the room with his voice , and is better enabled to determine what key to adopt , which ...
... preacher is accustomed to begin at the lowest tones of his voice ; so as sometimes at first to be scarcely audible . Thus he feels , as it were , the room with his voice , and is better enabled to determine what key to adopt , which ...
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