Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of Reading and Speaking; and Designed for the Development and Cultivation of Both Body and Mind ... Illustrated by Two Or Three Hundred Choice Anecdotes; Three Thousand Oratorical and Poetical Readings; Five Thousand Proverbs, Maxims and Laconics, and Several Hundred Elegant EngravingsMorton & Griswold, 1845 - 368 oldal |
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30. oldal
... Knowledge - directs practice , yet practice increases knowledge . Duties . Never cease to aval yourself of information : you must observe closely- read attentively , and digest what you read , — converse extensively with high and low ...
... Knowledge - directs practice , yet practice increases knowledge . Duties . Never cease to aval yourself of information : you must observe closely- read attentively , and digest what you read , — converse extensively with high and low ...
33. oldal
... Knowledge is treasure , and memory is the treasury . 6. Crosses are ladders , lead- ing to heaven . 7. Faint praise , is disparagement 8. Deliver me from a person , who can talk only on one subject . 9. He who peeps throgh alley- hole ...
... Knowledge is treasure , and memory is the treasury . 6. Crosses are ladders , lead- ing to heaven . 7. Faint praise , is disparagement 8. Deliver me from a person , who can talk only on one subject . 9. He who peeps throgh alley- hole ...
36. oldal
... knowledge of Book - keeping is important to every one who is engaged in any kind of business ; and it must be evident , that for the want of it - many losses have been sustained , great injustice done , and many law - suits entailed ...
... knowledge of Book - keeping is important to every one who is engaged in any kind of business ; and it must be evident , that for the want of it - many losses have been sustained , great injustice done , and many law - suits entailed ...
37. oldal
... knowledge of these ele- mentary and combined sounds , is essential to my becoming a good elocutionist , and is an excellent preparation for studying any of the modern languages : I must master them , or I cannot succeed in acquiring a ...
... knowledge of these ele- mentary and combined sounds , is essential to my becoming a good elocutionist , and is an excellent preparation for studying any of the modern languages : I must master them , or I cannot succeed in acquiring a ...
39. oldal
... knowledge of the outlines , proportions , and symmetry of the human form , and of natural attitudes and appropriate gestures were as general as it ought to be , our exercises would be deter- and purity of mind ; the subject of clothing ...
... knowledge of the outlines , proportions , and symmetry of the human form , and of natural attitudes and appropriate gestures were as general as it ought to be , our exercises would be deter- and purity of mind ; the subject of clothing ...
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