The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point out a prac- ticable and easy method by which this accom- plishment may be acquired . Follow Nature , is certainly the fundamen- tal law of Oratory , without a regard to ...
... thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point out a prac- ticable and easy method by which this accom- plishment may be acquired . Follow Nature , is certainly the fundamen- tal law of Oratory , without a regard to ...
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... thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the distinctness and force with which he utters his words , that upon the height at which he pitches his voice . 1 But it is ...
... thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the distinctness and force with which he utters his words , that upon the height at which he pitches his voice . 1 But it is ...
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... barely necessary for breathing . I know of no- thing that such a speaker can so properly be compared to , as an alarm - bell , which , when * once set a going , clatters on till the weight A 6 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . XV.
... barely necessary for breathing . I know of no- thing that such a speaker can so properly be compared to , as an alarm - bell , which , when * once set a going , clatters on till the weight A 6 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . XV.
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... before he aims at any thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreeable ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed For if a man cannot read simple sentences , c ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xix.
... before he aims at any thing higher . This may be irksome and disagreeable ; it may require much patience and resolution ; but it is the only way to succeed For if a man cannot read simple sentences , c ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xix.
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... thing higher , they would soon acquire a clear , perfect , and graceful enunci- ation ; at least , they would avoid a mumbling lisping , muttering way of speaking , which will be inevitably contracted by attempting to read on any other ...
... thing higher , they would soon acquire a clear , perfect , and graceful enunci- ation ; at least , they would avoid a mumbling lisping , muttering way of speaking , which will be inevitably contracted by attempting to read on any other ...
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