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Elements of elocution : in which the principles of reading and speaking are investigated ; and such pauses, emphasis, and inflexions of voice, as are suitable to every variety of sentence, are distinctly pointed out and explained, with directions for strengthening and modulating the voice so as to render it varied, forcible, and harmonious. To which is added a complete system of the passions, showing how they affect the countenance, tone of voice and gesture of the body, exemplified by a copious selection of the most strikinging passages of Shakespeare

Print Book, English, 1799
2nd edition, with alterations and additions View all formats and editions
Printed by Cooper and Wilson, London, 1799
xv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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