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Page xvi
... voice . HE monotony fo much complained of in public fpeakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They commonly content themfelves with one certain key , which they employ on all occafions , and upon every subject : or if ...
... voice . HE monotony fo much complained of in public fpeakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They commonly content themfelves with one certain key , which they employ on all occafions , and upon every subject : or if ...
Page xvii
... voice . Different kinds of fpeaking require different heights of voice . Nature in- ftructs us to relate a ftory , to fupport an argument , to command a fervant , to utter exclamations of anger or rage , and to pour forth lamentations ...
... voice . Different kinds of fpeaking require different heights of voice . Nature in- ftructs us to relate a ftory , to fupport an argument , to command a fervant , to utter exclamations of anger or rage , and to pour forth lamentations ...
Page xxi
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , Book iii . Chap . 2 . that that we so often hear perfons read with an improper ELOCUTION . xxi CHAP.
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , Book iii . Chap . 2 . that that we so often hear perfons read with an improper ELOCUTION . xxi CHAP.
Page xxv
... voice , as far as they arife from , or are confiftent with juft fpeaking , may deferve attention . But to fubftitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties and graces of elocution , and then to applaud this manner under ...
... voice , as far as they arife from , or are confiftent with juft fpeaking , may deferve attention . But to fubftitute one unmeaning tune in the room of all the proprieties and graces of elocution , and then to applaud this manner under ...
Page xxvi
... voice , but in order to give the hearer a diftinct percep- tion of the conftruction and meaning of each fentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An uninter- rupted rapidity of utterance is one of the worft faults in elccution ...
... voice , but in order to give the hearer a diftinct percep- tion of the conftruction and meaning of each fentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An uninter- rupted rapidity of utterance is one of the worft faults in elccution ...
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