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As the principal object of every public speaker must be to obtain the attention of his audience ; so every circumstance which can contribute to this end must be considered important . In the external demeanour nothing will be found so ...
As the principal object of every public speaker must be to obtain the attention of his audience ; so every circumstance which can contribute to this end must be considered important . In the external demeanour nothing will be found so ...
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... appointed to the ministry , who , even after his utmost efforts , is capable of becoming an impressive reader . To read with attention , with seriousness , and with propriety , is in the power of every diligent and well informed man ...
... appointed to the ministry , who , even after his utmost efforts , is capable of becoming an impressive reader . To read with attention , with seriousness , and with propriety , is in the power of every diligent and well informed man ...
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So that in an opera there appear only certain brilliant points by which the attention of the audience can be excited , all the rest seems as if calculated to induce conversation , or contrived in order to prolong the occasions of polite ...
So that in an opera there appear only certain brilliant points by which the attention of the audience can be excited , all the rest seems as if calculated to induce conversation , or contrived in order to prolong the occasions of polite ...
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Contents
Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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| Title | Chironomia: Or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
| Author | Gilbert Austin |
| Editors | Mary Margaret Robb, Lester Thonssen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0809302292, 9780809302291 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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