Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading and Public Speaking : Also a Selection of the Best Pieces from Ancient and Modern Authors, Accompanied by Explanatory Notes. : the Whole Adapted to the Purposes of Improvement in Reading and Oratory |
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... read or recited . Before reading a piece , it may not be altogether un- profitable to look at the note which accompanies it . This work , being designed as a reading - book for schools , academies , theological seminaries , and colleges ...
... read or recited . Before reading a piece , it may not be altogether un- profitable to look at the note which accompanies it . This work , being designed as a reading - book for schools , academies , theological seminaries , and colleges ...
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... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. Thanatopsis , Adam and Eve's Morning Hymn , and our Lord's Prayer , should be read or recited with quantity . In giving quantity , singing and drawling must be avoided . There should be no ...
... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. Thanatopsis , Adam and Eve's Morning Hymn , and our Lord's Prayer , should be read or recited with quantity . In giving quantity , singing and drawling must be avoided . There should be no ...
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... read or recited without presenting in a stronger light to the " mind's eye " of the hearer , words which have a greater share in conveying the author's meaning than the rest , it is uninteresting . It is like gold in the ingot . If , on ...
... read or recited without presenting in a stronger light to the " mind's eye " of the hearer , words which have a greater share in conveying the author's meaning than the rest , it is uninteresting . It is like gold in the ingot . If , on ...
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... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. signifying nothing , " were , in the hands of excellent readers , not only listened ... read , recited , or delivered , so as to express , both by the countenance and voice , ideas or sentiments dia ...
... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. signifying nothing , " were , in the hands of excellent readers , not only listened ... read , recited , or delivered , so as to express , both by the countenance and voice , ideas or sentiments dia ...
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... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. the mist is on the hills ; the blast of the north is on the plain ; the ... read or recited , appeals powerfully to the sympathetic feelings of our nature . The author is aware the question ...
... Reading and Oratory Samuel Niles Sweet. the mist is on the hills ; the blast of the north is on the plain ; the ... read or recited , appeals powerfully to the sympathetic feelings of our nature . The author is aware the question ...
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