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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... voice . THE 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 employ on all occafions , and on every subject ...
... voice . THE 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 employ on all occafions , and on every subject ...
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... voice . BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter the height , as well as the strength and the tone of his voice , as oc- cafion requires . Different fpecies of speaking require different heights of voice ...
... voice . BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter the height , as well as the strength and the tone of his voice , as oc- cafion requires . Different fpecies of speaking require different heights of voice ...
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... voice . To acquire the power of changing the key on which you speak at pleasure , accuftom yourself to pitch your voice in different keys , from the lowest to the highest notes you can command . Many of these would neither be proper nor ...
... voice . To acquire the power of changing the key on which you speak at pleasure , accuftom yourself to pitch your voice in different keys , from the lowest to the highest notes you can command . Many of these would neither be proper nor ...
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... voice in dif ferent parts of it ; and on this chiefly , perhaps entirely , depends the melody of pronunciation . IT RULE IV . Pronounce your words with propriety and elegance T is not easy to fix upon any standard , by which the ...
... voice in dif ferent parts of it ; and on this chiefly , perhaps entirely , depends the melody of pronunciation . IT RULE IV . Pronounce your words with propriety and elegance T is not easy to fix upon any standard , by which the ...
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... voice , which nature requires and it is for want of this previous ftudy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is with a ftupid mono ...
... voice , which nature requires and it is for want of this previous ftudy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear perfons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all , that is with a ftupid mono ...
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