Author: Benjamin Humphrey Smart

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780266318668

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Excerpt from The Practice of Elocution: Or, a Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good Delivery The first of these constitutes a distinct delivery; the se cond makes it significant and the third, by adding man ner, earnestness, and feeling, renders it impressive. With a view to secure the several Requisites here set down, the pupil, in employing Reading as the means, will find a benefit in considering his ultimate object to require and include Three Stages of advancement. First, to be perfect so far as mere mechanical read ing extends, that is, Reading in which we undertake to utter the words justly, completely, and in smooth unbroken series between the written stops when they are joined into sentences, but with no higher purpose or attempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Practice of Elocution written by Benjamin Humphrey Smart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Practice of Elocution: Or, a Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good Delivery The first of these constitutes a distinct delivery; the se cond makes it significant and the third, by adding man ner, earnestness, and feeling, renders it impressive. With a view to secure the several Requisites here set down, the pupil, in employing Reading as the means, will find a benefit in considering his ultimate object to require and include Three Stages of advancement. First, to be perfect so far as mere mechanical read ing extends, that is, Reading in which we undertake to utter the words justly, completely, and in smooth unbroken series between the written stops when they are joined into sentences, but with no higher purpose or attempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.