Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1861 Excerpt: ... THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ELOCUTION, fljonsidmu' in xeptm to tfa Various Professions. LECTURE I. Introductory remarks.--Definition of Elocution.--The estimation in which the art was held by the Greeks and Romans.--Its decline and subsequent comparative neglect.--The great value and importance of Elocution, and the several reasons why all men in these days should make it a part of their studies.--To those preparing for the Church, the Bar, and Public Life generally, a knowledge of the true principles of Elocution almost indispensably necessary.--Tone of voice and clearness of articulation an index to station in society, refinement and cultivation of mind.--The Rev. Charles Kingsley.--Preachers, speakers, and public readers.--The value of an effective delivery.--Matter and manner.--The Bishop of Oxford as a preacher.--Clerical Elocution.--"Twenty Years in the Church."--The mistakes of a curate in search of a proper tone of voice.--Clerical testimony to the value of a course of lessons from a good Elocution master.--What congregations occasionally suffer.--The value of being able at seasonable times to speak the right word in the right way.--Reading aloud considered as an accomplishment.--The good results that follow from its habitual practice.--Readers and hearers alike benefited.--Summary of the chief reasons why Elocution should in this age be cultivated. I FEEL that some apology is due from me for what I am well aware may be considered almost an act of presumption. To stand before an B assembly like this, composed for the most part of members of the first University in the world, and address them on the subject which I have chosen for my theme to-night, requires some courage and demands some explanation. Had there been among the endowed professorships...
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