Oratory and OratorsS.S. Griggs, 1891 - 456 páginas |
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... elocution , —that so many persons are ready to afflict the public with " mouthfuls of spoken wind . " It is be- cause they consciously or unconsciously hold the pesti- lent notion that the finest productions of the mind are the fruits ...
... elocution , —that so many persons are ready to afflict the public with " mouthfuls of spoken wind . " It is be- cause they consciously or unconsciously hold the pesti- lent notion that the finest productions of the mind are the fruits ...
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... elocution and style were cultivated more , a tor- rent of empty declamation would be let loose upon the world , that we are confident the very opposite would be the result . Study and high appreciation of an art , by improving the taste ...
... elocution and style were cultivated more , a tor- rent of empty declamation would be let loose upon the world , that we are confident the very opposite would be the result . Study and high appreciation of an art , by improving the taste ...
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... " he was astonished at their effect . Every word seemed a link in a chain - bolt , it was so hard , and solid , and round . Dr. Porter , of Andover , the author of an excellent work on Elocution QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ORATOR . 79.
... " he was astonished at their effect . Every word seemed a link in a chain - bolt , it was so hard , and solid , and round . Dr. Porter , of Andover , the author of an excellent work on Elocution QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ORATOR . 79.
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William Mathews. Andover , the author of an excellent work on Elocution , testifies that even in middle life he went to work and broke up " a stiff and clumsy pair of jaws " ; and others declare that " from an effective monotony he ...
William Mathews. Andover , the author of an excellent work on Elocution , testifies that even in middle life he went to work and broke up " a stiff and clumsy pair of jaws " ; and others declare that " from an effective monotony he ...
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... elocution leads to affectation and mannerism . The very reverse is the fact . Affectation is the result of untaught efforts at a late age to rid one's self of the vulgarisms , pro- vincialisms , slovenliness , indistinctness , and other ...
... elocution leads to affectation and mannerism . The very reverse is the fact . Affectation is the result of untaught efforts at a late age to rid one's self of the vulgarisms , pro- vincialisms , slovenliness , indistinctness , and other ...
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