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Private reading of this degree of excellence is very rare , even in public it is seldom to be obtained . " In public an exhibition of dramatic readings by an ingenious foreigner has been for many years favourably received .
Private reading of this degree of excellence is very rare , even in public it is seldom to be obtained . " In public an exhibition of dramatic readings by an ingenious foreigner has been for many years favourably received .
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But there are many degrees of excellence far below theirs , and below perfection , by reaching any of which , a public speaker may acquire considerable fame and honour . The high degrees of excellence , should a . man aspire to them ...
But there are many degrees of excellence far below theirs , and below perfection , by reaching any of which , a public speaker may acquire considerable fame and honour . The high degrees of excellence , should a . man aspire to them ...
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beauty and moral excellence of many of the best discourses of vur English preachers , that if the alternative were to be chosen , either of writing in the manner of the best French preachers , or of adhering to the style of the best ...
beauty and moral excellence of many of the best discourses of vur English preachers , that if the alternative were to be chosen , either of writing in the manner of the best French preachers , or of adhering to the style of the best ...
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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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