The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation", "Exercises in Elocution", And "Rudiments of Gesture"; With a Selection of New Pieces ... Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action - Softcover

Excerpt from The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation", "Exercises in Elocution", And "Rudiments of Gesture"; With a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation; And Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action

A' third department of elocution, embraces the con sideration of tone, as adapted to the utterance of pas sion, or the strongest forms of emotion, and is designated by the technical name of Modulation.

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Excerpt from The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation", "Exercises in Elocution", And "Rudiments of Gesture"; With a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation; And Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action

Pursued within the just limitations of judgment and taste, gesture becomes, perhaps, one of the most im provable of human habits; whether we regard the eradication of error, or the acquisition of true and appropriate action. The glow of earnest feeling, in address, will always bring forth action. It is a thing which, if we obey the instincts of nature, we cannot repress. Action is, in fact, a component part of speech; ahd the teacher's business, and the student's endeavour.

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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.