The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very 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 ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... Voice . THE monotony fo much complained of in public speak- ers , 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 fubject : or if ...
... Voice . THE monotony fo much complained of in public speak- ers , 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 fubject : or if ...
Pagina 13
... 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 occafion requires . Different species of fpeaking 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 occafion requires . Different species of fpeaking require different heights of voice ...
Pagina 14
... voice , in paffing from one part to another , without any change of perfon . Shakspeare's " All the world's a fage , " & c . and his defcription of the Queen of the Fairies , afford examples of this . Indeed every fentence which is read ...
... voice , in paffing from one part to another , without any change of perfon . Shakspeare's " All the world's a fage , " & c . and his defcription of the Queen of the Fairies , afford examples of this . Indeed every fentence which is read ...
Pagina 16
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous fludy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear persons read with an impro- per emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is with a ftupid ...
... voice , which nature requires : and it is for want of this previous fludy , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear persons read with an impro- per emphasis , or with no emphafis at all , that is with a ftupid ...
Pagina 18
... voice , as far as they rife from , or are con- fiftent with juft fpeaking , are deferving of attention . But to fubftitute one unmeaning tune , in the room of all the proprieties and graces of good elocution , and then to applaud this ...
... voice , as far as they rife from , or are con- fiftent with juft fpeaking , are deferving of attention . But to fubftitute one unmeaning tune , in the room of all the proprieties and graces of good elocution , and then to applaud this ...
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