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... labour , under the guidance of consummate art . We admit the French to have more facility in learning this art than ... labour and of time . Whether the acquisition be worthy of that labour and time , is a question to be decided , either ...
... labour , under the guidance of consummate art . We admit the French to have more facility in learning this art than ... labour and of time . Whether the acquisition be worthy of that labour and time , is a question to be decided , either ...
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... labour necessary for the acquisition of this excellence , when we recollect the incessant and extraordinary exertions , which they considered indispensable for the same object . All these labours ( by some of the greatest orators ...
... labour necessary for the acquisition of this excellence , when we recollect the incessant and extraordinary exertions , which they considered indispensable for the same object . All these labours ( by some of the greatest orators ...
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... labours and exer- tions after the period of education is ended both at school and at the university . Here commences certainly the most arduous part of the labour of a public speaker , but here , most unaccount- ably , labour often is ...
... labours and exer- tions after the period of education is ended both at school and at the university . Here commences certainly the most arduous part of the labour of a public speaker , but here , most unaccount- ably , labour often is ...
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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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