The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... - ments of his subject , whether they belong to himself or others , with the greater force and power of expression . The human voice has been observed to possess three distinct 14 Elocution . The Prayer of Festus On Pitch.
... - ments of his subject , whether they belong to himself or others , with the greater force and power of expression . The human voice has been observed to possess three distinct 14 Elocution . The Prayer of Festus On Pitch.
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Joseph Edwards Carpenter. The human voice has been observed to possess three distinct tones , and these are distinguished as " high , low , and middle pitch . " Of these , the one most used is the middle , for the reason that it is the ...
Joseph Edwards Carpenter. The human voice has been observed to possess three distinct tones , and these are distinguished as " high , low , and middle pitch . " Of these , the one most used is the middle , for the reason that it is the ...
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... human nature's daily food ; " it is fitted , in all its functions , for the perpetual comfort and exalting of the heart ; for the soothing it , and purifying it from its dross and dust . Some- times gentle , sometimes capricious ...
... human nature's daily food ; " it is fitted , in all its functions , for the perpetual comfort and exalting of the heart ; for the soothing it , and purifying it from its dross and dust . Some- times gentle , sometimes capricious ...
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... human life — a season when the eye becomes dim , and the strength decays ; and when the winter of age begins to shed , upon the human head , its prophetic snow . It is the season of life to which the present is most analogous ; and much ...
... human life — a season when the eye becomes dim , and the strength decays ; and when the winter of age begins to shed , upon the human head , its prophetic snow . It is the season of life to which the present is most analogous ; and much ...
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... human help from below . How carefully he uses his wasting blade ! How anxiously he selects the softest places in that vast pier ! How he avoids every flinty grain ! How he economises his physical powers , resting a moment at each gain ...
... human help from below . How carefully he uses his wasting blade ! How anxiously he selects the softest places in that vast pier ! How he avoids every flinty grain ! How he economises his physical powers , resting a moment at each gain ...
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