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... ideas however correctly delivered , without the addition of this language of the passions , will prove cold and uninteresting . Upon this subject Mr. Sheridan has written with such happy ingenuity and elegance , that the reader is ...
... ideas however correctly delivered , without the addition of this language of the passions , will prove cold and uninteresting . Upon this subject Mr. Sheridan has written with such happy ingenuity and elegance , that the reader is ...
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... ideas . In every well constructed sentence some new idea is advanced , which may be marked by a suitable gesture ; and possibly the various limitations and modifications of it will also admit of a similar distinction . And the new ...
... ideas . In every well constructed sentence some new idea is advanced , which may be marked by a suitable gesture ; and possibly the various limitations and modifications of it will also admit of a similar distinction . And the new ...
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... idea , and as it were a new compound word . This disposition to unite and coalesce pro- duces the wonderful combinations in language , which render a few terms capable of expressing a boundless infinity of ideas . On these qualifying ...
... idea , and as it were a new compound word . This disposition to unite and coalesce pro- duces the wonderful combinations in language , which render a few terms capable of expressing a boundless infinity of ideas . On these qualifying ...
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Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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