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Lessons In Elocution: Or, A Selection Of Pieces, In Prose And Verse, For The Improvement Of Youth In Reading And Speaking by William Scott. This rhetoric-and-eloquence anthology functions as a comprehensive late-18th/early-19th-century training manual for teaching elocution to youth, combining technique (gesture, voice, cadence, articulation) with moral reading material. It gathers a broad repertoire of exemplars spanning ethico-religious essays, biblical and classical rhetoric, political oratory, dramatic passages, and dialogues to model delivery, tone, and audience engagement. The volume emphasizes a systematic gesture program, classroom pedagogy, and gradual progression from simple to complex readings, aiming to cultivate reading aloud, public speaking, and virtuous conduct. Its contents provide models for argument, persuasion, moral exhortation, and theatrical declamation, illustrating how voice, pace, and emphasis convey emotion, authority, and ethical ideals across forensic, deliberative, and dramatic contexts. Overall, it seeks to shape both speaking ability and character in students through a diverse canon of voices and situations.
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