 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 make...  American Annals of Education - Seite 23herausgegeben von - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Addison - 1907 - 142 Seiten
...Eloquent words a graceful manner want. MOST foreign writers who have given any character of the 30 English nation, whatever vices they ascribe to it,...than those of other countries. Our preachers stand stock-still in the pulpit, and will not so much as move a finger to set off the best sermons in the... | |
 | Andrew Duncan - 2005 - 280 Seiten
...interesting passage on the reluctance of English orators to move their hands around while making speeches: 'our Orators are observed to make use of less Gesture or Action than those of other Countries'; they speak 'without those Strainings of the Voice, Motions of the Body, and Majesty of the Hand'; this... | |
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