The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
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They exhaust your breath , and render your pronunciation indistinct and
inarticulate . Quintilian speaks of certain orators , who exerted themselves so
furiously , that they absolutely bellowed . And Cicero tells us , that the oratory of
some of his ...
They exhaust your breath , and render your pronunciation indistinct and
inarticulate . Quintilian speaks of certain orators , who exerted themselves so
furiously , that they absolutely bellowed . And Cicero tells us , that the oratory of
some of his ...
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As the whole art of reading depends on the proper management of the breath ,
use it with economy . Relieve your voice at Itsy every stop ' , slightly at a comma ,
more leiart ; hearts surely at a semicolon , or colon , and completely at a period .
As the whole art of reading depends on the proper management of the breath ,
use it with economy . Relieve your voice at Itsy every stop ' , slightly at a comma ,
more leiart ; hearts surely at a semicolon , or colon , and completely at a period .
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In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while he thinks , which
gives him time to breathe . ... and therefore is apt the to run on , without
intermission , till his breath is exhausted , and the natural tone of his the voice is
destroyed .
In common discourse the speaker is obliged to pause , while he thinks , which
gives him time to breathe . ... and therefore is apt the to run on , without
intermission , till his breath is exhausted , and the natural tone of his the voice is
destroyed .
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... musing in her cloisters pale : 0 ! let thy friend ( and may he boast the name )
Breathe from his artless reed one parting lay ... opening now so fair ,
Transplanted to the world's tempestuous clime , Must learn each Passion's boist'
rous breath to ...
... musing in her cloisters pale : 0 ! let thy friend ( and may he boast the name )
Breathe from his artless reed one parting lay ... opening now so fair ,
Transplanted to the world's tempestuous clime , Must learn each Passion's boist'
rous breath to ...
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... and ever - springing shade ) Turn , hither turn thy step , O thou whose powerful
voice More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can sooth the
madding winds , And thro the stormy deep Breathe thy own tender calm .
... and ever - springing shade ) Turn , hither turn thy step , O thou whose powerful
voice More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can sooth the
madding winds , And thro the stormy deep Breathe thy own tender calm .
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