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 |
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... deviations . from nature , and as far as they prevail must destroy all propriety and grace of utterance : and o make choice of fuch a course of practical lef- fons fons , as fhall give the speaker an opportunity of vi AN ESSAY ON.
... deviations . from nature , and as far as they prevail must destroy all propriety and grace of utterance : and o make choice of fuch a course of practical lef- fons fons , as fhall give the speaker an opportunity of vi AN ESSAY ON.
Page vii
... fuch rules respecting elocution , as appear best adapt- ed to form a correct and graceful speaker . RULE I. Let your Articulation be distinct and deliberate . A GOOD Articulation confifts in giving a clear and full utterance to the ...
... fuch rules respecting elocution , as appear best adapt- ed to form a correct and graceful speaker . RULE I. Let your Articulation be distinct and deliberate . A GOOD Articulation confifts in giving a clear and full utterance to the ...
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... fuch a faint and feeble utterance , that they appear neither to understand or feel what they fay themselves , nor to have any de- fire that it fhould be understood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker ...
... fuch a faint and feeble utterance , that they appear neither to understand or feel what they fay themselves , nor to have any de- fire that it fhould be understood or felt by their audience . This is a fundamental fault : a speaker ...
Page xii
... fuch compofitions as have a variety of fpeakers , or fuch as relate dia- logues , obferving the height of voice which is proper to each , and endeavouring to change them as nature directs . In the fame compofition there may be fre ...
... fuch compofitions as have a variety of fpeakers , or fuch as relate dia- logues , obferving the height of voice which is proper to each , and endeavouring to change them as nature directs . In the fame compofition there may be fre ...
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... fuch errors both in fpeaking and writing , as to exclude them from the honour of being the ftand- ard of accurate pronunciation . We should per- haps look for this standard only among those who unite these two characters , and with the ...
... fuch errors both in fpeaking and writing , as to exclude them from the honour of being the ftand- ard of accurate pronunciation . We should per- haps look for this standard only among those who unite these two characters , and with the ...
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