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... speaking ; just as the illiterate novice in elocution seeks the tricks and finishing touches for pronounc- ing literary masterpieces by attendance on a school of oratory ; or as a barren soul vainly hopes , by a knowledge of notes and ...
... speaking ; just as the illiterate novice in elocution seeks the tricks and finishing touches for pronounc- ing literary masterpieces by attendance on a school of oratory ; or as a barren soul vainly hopes , by a knowledge of notes and ...
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... speaking " ; and skill itself is the man's speaking . In further descrip- tion of the orator Quintilian speaks of him as " a man who , being possessed of the highest natural genius , stores his mind thoroughly with the most valuable ...
... speaking " ; and skill itself is the man's speaking . In further descrip- tion of the orator Quintilian speaks of him as " a man who , being possessed of the highest natural genius , stores his mind thoroughly with the most valuable ...
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Arnold Tompkins. Since the critic the consequent value of the process . must speak to the value of the selection he must have the refinement and compass of life to reexperience the author's life embodied in the selection . The small ...
Arnold Tompkins. Since the critic the consequent value of the process . must speak to the value of the selection he must have the refinement and compass of life to reexperience the author's life embodied in the selection . The small ...
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... that mind be the sole impulse to the utterance . The motive must be un- alloyed with any feeling of self ; as when one is moved to speak by a desire to appear before an 24 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE . A Sincere Purpose.
... that mind be the sole impulse to the utterance . The motive must be un- alloyed with any feeling of self ; as when one is moved to speak by a desire to appear before an 24 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE . A Sincere Purpose.
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Arnold Tompkins. moved to speak by a desire to appear before an audience , to display learning and power of language , to excel another speaker , or to call forth popular applause . The assumption is , from the very nature of discourse ...
Arnold Tompkins. moved to speak by a desire to appear before an audience , to display learning and power of language , to excel another speaker , or to call forth popular applause . The assumption is , from the very nature of discourse ...
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