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 xviii
... VOICE . HE monotony fo much complained of in public fpeakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They generally content themselves with one certain key , which they employ on all occafions , and on every subject ; or if ...
... VOICE . HE monotony fo much complained of in public fpeakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They generally content themselves with one certain key , which they employ on all occafions , and on every subject ; or if ...
Page xix
... voice . [ BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter the height , as well as the ftrength and the tone of his voice , as occafion re- quires . Different fpecies of fpeaking require dif- ferent heights of ...
... voice . [ BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter the height , as well as the ftrength and the tone of his voice , as occafion re- quires . Different fpecies of fpeaking require dif- ferent heights of ...
Page xx
... voice , as is scarcely to be acquired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at several heights of the voice ; read , as exercises on this rule , fuch compofitions as have a variety of ...
... voice , as is scarcely to be acquired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at several heights of the voice ; read , as exercises on this rule , fuch compofitions as have a variety of ...
Page xxiii
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more per- haps than from any other caufe , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is , with a ftupid ...
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more per- haps than from any other caufe , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is , with a ftupid ...
Page xxv
... voice , as far as they arise from , or are confiftent with just speaking , are de- serving of attention . But to fubflitute one únmean- ing tune , in the room of all the proprieties and graces of good elocution , and then to applaud ...
... voice , as far as they arise from , or are confiftent with just speaking , are de- serving of attention . But to fubflitute one únmean- ing tune , in the room of all the proprieties and graces of good elocution , and then to applaud ...
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