Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... hear , touch , or taste , by the very act of seeing , feel- ing , hearing , touching , or tasting , our body goes through distinct ( though often involuntary ) muscular movements . Furthermore , " there can be no perception , no knowing ...
... hear , touch , or taste , by the very act of seeing , feel- ing , hearing , touching , or tasting , our body goes through distinct ( though often involuntary ) muscular movements . Furthermore , " there can be no perception , no knowing ...
Page 236
... hear sneered , you see in the mind's eye the raised lip and look of disdain . But when you hear the empty word consequently you have no such sharp mental image . It really means , " As a result of certain things described by this ...
... hear sneered , you see in the mind's eye the raised lip and look of disdain . But when you hear the empty word consequently you have no such sharp mental image . It really means , " As a result of certain things described by this ...
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... hear a speech and change our minds before the sun goes down . Culti- vated ideas , like cultivated plants , grow slowly . The effect of a single cultivation , or single rainfall , is not usually visible , but slowly and imperceptibly it ...
... hear a speech and change our minds before the sun goes down . Culti- vated ideas , like cultivated plants , grow slowly . The effect of a single cultivation , or single rainfall , is not usually visible , but slowly and imperceptibly it ...
Contents
THE SEVEN Lamps OF SPEECH Development | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 32 |
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