The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for the Improvement of Youth, in Reading and Speaking; to which is Prefixed An Essay on Elocution |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page xi
Follow nature , is certainly the fundamental lawof Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not just elocution : And some accurate obseryers , judging , perhaps , from a few ...
Follow nature , is certainly the fundamental lawof Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not just elocution : And some accurate obseryers , judging , perhaps , from a few ...
Page xii
PRESUMING then , that the acquisition of the art of speaking , like all other practical arts , may be facilitated by rules , I proceed to lay before my readers , in a plain didactic form , such rules respecing elocution , as appear best ...
PRESUMING then , that the acquisition of the art of speaking , like all other practical arts , may be facilitated by rules , I proceed to lay before my readers , in a plain didactic form , such rules respecing elocution , as appear best ...
Page xiii
AIM at nothing higher , till you can read dis . tinctly and deliberately . LEARN to speak slow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . 44100004 RULE 11 . Let your pronunciation be bold and forcible .
AIM at nothing higher , till you can read dis . tinctly and deliberately . LEARN to speak slow , all other graces Will follow in their proper places . 44100004 RULE 11 . Let your pronunciation be bold and forcible .
Page xiv
Practise these rules with perseverance , till you have acquired strength and energy of speech . ... We find this fault chiefly among those , who , in contempt and despite of all rule and propriety , are determined to command the ...
Practise these rules with perseverance , till you have acquired strength and energy of speech . ... We find this fault chiefly among those , who , in contempt and despite of all rule and propriety , are determined to command the ...
Page xv
7311n RULE III . Acquire a compass and variety in the height of your voice , THE monotony so much complained of in public speakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They generally content themselves with one certain key ...
7311n RULE III . Acquire a compass and variety in the height of your voice , THE monotony so much complained of in public speakers , is chiefly owing to the neglect of this rule . They generally content themselves with one certain key ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
| 11 | |
| 19 | |
| 26 | |
| 28 | |
| 32 | |
| 41 | |
| 47 | |
| 55 | |
| 56 | |
| 62 | |
| 70 | |
| 76 | |
| 84 | |
| 90 | |
| 96 | |
| 103 | |
| 109 | |
| 115 | |
| 121 | |
| 129 | |
| 135 | |
| 142 | |
| 150 | |
| 155 | |
| 163 | |
| 172 | |
| 178 | |
| 186 | |
| 255 | |
| 261 | |
| 267 | |
| 277 | |
| 289 | |
| 295 | |
| 301 | |
| 311 | |
| 321 | |
| 327 | |
| 336 | |
| 343 | |
| 349 | |
| 355 | |
| 359 | |
| 365 | |
| 374 | |
| 383 | |
| 389 | |
| 398 | |
Common terms and phrases
appear arms army breast cause CHAP conduct consider continued dangerous death desire earth equal eternal eyes fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give Gods hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human kind king laws leave light live look Lord matter means mind nature never night o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection person pleasure poor praise present proper reason rest round seems sense side SIR JOHN smile soon soul sound speak spirit stand sure sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand thro true truth virtue voice whole wind wise wish young youth
Popular passages
Page 96 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Page 15 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.
Page 16 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 372 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, — not without cause: What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 376 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind. Which I respect not.
Page 277 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 58 - I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively...
Page 108 - In the bright muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho...
Page 364 - O my lord, Must I, then, leave you? must I needs forego So good, so noble, and so true a master? Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord. The king shall have my service ; but my prayers For ever and for ever shall be yours.
Page 284 - The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams : Her whip, of cricket's bone ; the lash, of film : Her...
Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for the Improvement of Youth, in Reading and Speaking; to which is Prefixed An Essay on Elocution |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | Joseph Larkin, 1808 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 okt. 2007 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |