The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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Page xiv
... fpeak with propriety , but to point out a practicable and eafy method by which this accomplishment may be acquired ... fpeaking , as well as in the art of living , that general pre- cepts are of little ufe till they are unfolded , and ...
... fpeak with propriety , but to point out a practicable and eafy method by which this accomplishment may be acquired ... fpeaking , as well as in the art of living , that general pre- cepts are of little ufe till they are unfolded , and ...
Page xvi
... fpeaking , have a habit of uttering their words fo rapidly , that this latter exer- cife ought generally to be made ... fpeak flow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . RULE II . Let your PRONUNCIATION be BOLD and ...
... fpeaking , have a habit of uttering their words fo rapidly , that this latter exer- cife ought generally to be made ... fpeak flow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . RULE II . Let your PRONUNCIATION be BOLD and ...
Page xvii
... fpeaking ; let all the confonant founds be expreffed with full impulfe or percuffion of the breath , and a forcible action of the organs employed in forming them ; and let all the vowel - founds have a full and bold utterance . Prac ...
... fpeaking ; let all the confonant founds be expreffed with full impulfe or percuffion of the breath , and a forcible action of the organs employed in forming them ; and let all the vowel - founds have a full and bold utterance . Prac ...
Page xviii
... speak ; imagining , that fpeaking in a high key is the fame thing as fpeaking loud ; and not obferving , that whether a fpeaker fhall be heard or not , depends more upon the the distinctnefs and force with which he utters his words ...
... speak ; imagining , that fpeaking in a high key is the fame thing as fpeaking loud ; and not obferving , that whether a fpeaker fhall be heard or not , depends more upon the the distinctnefs and force with which he utters his words ...
Page xix
... fpeaking require dif- ferent heights of voice . Nature inftructs us to re- late a story , to fupport an argument ... fpeak in very different keys . The vagrant , when he begs ; the foldier , when he gives the word of command ; the ...
... fpeaking require dif- ferent heights of voice . Nature inftructs us to re- late a story , to fupport an argument ... fpeak in very different keys . The vagrant , when he begs ; the foldier , when he gives the word of command ; the ...
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