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" As for his personal defects, Demetrius the Phalerean gives us an account of the remedies he applied to them ; and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. The hesitation and stammering of his tongue he corrected by practising to speak with pebbles... "
Plutarch's Lives - Page 248
by Plutarch - 1811
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 5

Plutarch - Classical biography - 1803 - 454 pages
...Phalereangives us an account of the remedies he aplied to them; and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. 'The hesitation and stammering of his tongue, he corrected * A haberdasher of small wares, or something like it. t There is an expression something like what...
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Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, Volume 5

Plutarchus - 1819 - 524 pages
...superior character is more regarded than the long discourses of others. As for his personal defects, Demetrius the Phalerean informs us of the remedies,...stammering of his tongue, he corrected by practising to of the composition to be spurious, and ascribes it td Hcgosippus; but this raillery of the poet on...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 7

Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 322 pages
...this raillery of the poet on Demosthenes, seems to prove that it was of his hand. VOL. VII. L thcnos in his old age. The hesitation and stammering of his...strengthened his voice by running or walking up hill, and pronouncingsome passage in an oration or a poem, during the difficulty of breath which that caused....
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Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes ..., Volume 4

Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne - Greece - 1826 - 446 pages
...Phalerian gives us an account of the remedies he applied to them; and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. The hesitation and stammering of his...with pebbles in his mouth; and he strengthened his * Jl haberdasher of small wares, or something like it. •f There is an expression something like what...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4

Plutarch - Greece - 1828 - 448 pages
...be spurious: but this raillery of the poet on Demosthenes, seems to prove thai it was of his hand. voice by running or walking up hill, and pronouncing...passage in an oration or a poem, during the difficulty oforeath which that caused. He had moreover, a looking-glass in his house, before which he used to...
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Plutarch's Lives of the Most Select and Illustrious Characters of Antiquity

Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 444 pages
...old age. The hesitation and stammering of his longue he corrected by practising to speak with pehblea in his mouth ; and he strengthened his voice by running or walking up-hill, and pronouncing some passage in an oration or a poe m, Juring the difficulty of breath uhich...
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Stammering and Stuttering: Their Nature and Treatment

James Hunt - Speech - 1861 - 232 pages
...personal defects, and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. The hesitation and stammering he corrected by practising to speak with pebbles in...hill, and pronouncing some passage in an oration or poem during the difficulty of breath which that caused. He had, moreover, a looking-glass in his room,...
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Classical biography, selected [and tr.] from 'Plutarch's Lives'.

Plutarch - 1865 - 366 pages
...Phalerean gives us an account of the remedies he applied to them ; and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. The hesitation and stammering of his...and he strengthened his voice by running or walking up-hill, and pronouncing some passage in an oration or a poem, during the difficulty of breath which...
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Lectures, Sketches, and Poetical Pieces

William Graham - 1873 - 398 pages
...Phalarian gives us an account of the remedies he applied to them, and he says he had it from Demosthenes in his old age. The hesitation and stammering of his...and he strengthened his voice by running or walking uphill, and pronouncing some passage in an oration or poem during the difficulty of breathing which...
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Rhetoric as an Art of Persuasion: From the Standpoint of a Lawyer

Daniel F. Miller - Oratory - 1880 - 204 pages
...and that he cured the defect of stammering by practicing to speak with pebbles in his mouth, and that he strengthened his voice by running or walking up...hill, and pronouncing some passage in an oration or poem, during the difficulty of breath which that caused. Plutarch further relates of Demosthenes, that...
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