Elements of elocution

in which the principles of reading and speaking are investigated, and such pauses, emphasis, and inflexions of voice, as are suitable to every variety of sentence, are distinctly pointed out and explained : with directions for strengthening and modulating the voice, so as to render it varied, forcible, and harmonious : to which is added a complete system of the passions, showing how they affect the countenance, tone of voice, and gesture of the body : exemplified by a copious selection of the most striking passages of Shakespeare : the whole illustrated by copper-plates explaining the nature of accent, emphasis, inflection and cadence

by Walker, John

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