Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 41797 |
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Page 666
... speaking ; as those who have had the advantages of a more liberal education , rife above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return to our ftatue in the block of marble , we see it fometimes only begun to ...
... speaking ; as those who have had the advantages of a more liberal education , rife above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return to our ftatue in the block of marble , we see it fometimes only begun to ...
Page 668
... speak before the people , but with very ill fuccefs . He had a weak voice , a thick way of fpeaking , and a short breath ; notwithstanding which his periods were so long , that he was often obliged to stop in the midst of them for ...
... speak before the people , but with very ill fuccefs . He had a weak voice , a thick way of fpeaking , and a short breath ; notwithstanding which his periods were so long , that he was often obliged to stop in the midst of them for ...
Page 669
... speaking . He perceived plainly what he wanted , and applied himself to acquiring it . His efforts , to correct his natural defect of utterance , and to perfect himself in pronunciation , of which his friend had made him understand the ...
... speaking . He perceived plainly what he wanted , and applied himself to acquiring it . His efforts , to correct his natural defect of utterance , and to perfect himself in pronunciation , of which his friend had made him understand the ...
Page 676
... had a regard for me , that I used to speak without any remiffion or variation , with the utmost ftretch of my voice , and a total agitation of my body . When When my friends , therefore , and physicians , advised 676.
... had a regard for me , that I used to speak without any remiffion or variation , with the utmost ftretch of my voice , and a total agitation of my body . When When my friends , therefore , and physicians , advised 676.
Page 677
... speaking , I might both avoid all future danger of that kind , and speak with greater ease , I took a refolution of travelling into Afia , merely for an opportunity to correct my manner of speaking . When I came to Athens , I spent fix ...
... speaking , I might both avoid all future danger of that kind , and speak with greater ease , I took a refolution of travelling into Afia , merely for an opportunity to correct my manner of speaking . When I came to Athens , I spent fix ...
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