Elements of Elocution : In which the principles of reading and speaking are investigated; and such pauses, emphasis, and inflexious 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; inflexion, and cadence. The second edition; with alterations and additions. By John Walker, author of the critical pronouncing dictionary, &c.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | With a final advertisement leaf. Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 1 unnumbered page, 398, 2 unnumbered pages, plates) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |