 MOST foreign writers, who have given any character of the English nation, whatever vices they . ascribe to it, allow, in general, that the people are naturally modest. It proceeds perhaps from this our national virtue, that our orators are observed to...  American Annals of Education - Seite 23herausgegeben von - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 Seiten
...— abest facundis gratia dictis. Ovid. Met. Lib. xiii. 127. Eloquent words a graceful manner want. MOST foreign writers, who have given any character...are observed to make use of less gesture or action than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock still in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...inhabitants of the frozen zone warmed with the fleeces of our sheep. X. — On Public Speaking.^In. MOST foreign writers who have given any character of the English nation, whatever vice they ascribe to it, allow, in general, that the people are naturally modest. It.proceeds, perhaps,... | |
 | 1832 - 280 Seiten
...facundls gratia diclis. OVID. Eloquent words a graceful manner want. MOST foreign writers who-have given any character of the English nation, whatever...are observed to make use of less gesture or action than those of other countries. Our. preachers stand stockstill in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - 1835 - 760 Seiten
...1712. Ii if nol less applicable to the descendants of t-'nt;livlimen, in U::V>. Would ihnt it might MOST foreign writers who have given any character...are observed to make use of less gesture or action than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock still in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | 1835 - 716 Seiten
...Englishman, in 1712. Il is not less applicable to the descendants of Englishmen, tu 1335. Would thnl it MOST foreign writers who have given any character...are observed to make use of less gesture or action than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock still in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | 1835 - 670 Seiten
...attitude luil thiil of a contemplative statue, as theatrical, in the pulpit ! Tin* authority of Addison is of some value.] MOST foreign writers who have given...perhaps, from this our national virtue, that our orators arc observed to make use of less gesture or action than those of other countries. Our preachers stand... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...re-perusal, by all who practise public speaking : — Most foreign writers, who have given any character to st, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock still in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...writers, who have given any character to the English nation, whatever vices they ascribe to it, allow, ш general, that the people are naturally modest. It...are observed to make use of less gesture or action -than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock still in the pulpit, and will not so much... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 Seiten
...1П2. abest facundis gratia dictis. Ovid, MO. Lib. lui. 127. Eloquent words a graceful manner want. T. MOST foreign writers, who have given any character...nation, whatever vices they ascribe to it, allow, in ge-. neral, that the people are naturally mo-| dest. It proceeds, perhaps, from this our national virtue,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...hi'm, " Do you read or si ng ? if you si'ng, 1 1 > you sing very fll." \ ON PUBLIC SPEAKING. ADDISON. MOST foreign wri'ters/ who have given any character of the English n'ation, (whatever vicAes they ascrih'e-to-it,) allo'w, in ge'neral, that the pe'ople/ are naturally moVlest. It proceeds,... | |
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