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CHAPTER V. OF READING . Of public speaking in general - Different modes of public speakingReading the simplest and most useful - Its divisions — The intelligible reader— Acquirements necessary for him , and offices suited to his talent ...
CHAPTER V. OF READING . Of public speaking in general - Different modes of public speakingReading the simplest and most useful - Its divisions — The intelligible reader— Acquirements necessary for him , and offices suited to his talent ...
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eyes and countenance , it constitutes a more forcible style , which may be termed rhetorical reading . This style of reading is adapted to popular discourses from the pulpit , which if intended to be so delivered should be composed in ...
eyes and countenance , it constitutes a more forcible style , which may be termed rhetorical reading . This style of reading is adapted to popular discourses from the pulpit , which if intended to be so delivered should be composed in ...
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It differs from that just mentioned , by limiting each individual to the reading of the part of a single character . In this entertainment , as on the stage , the characters of the drama are distributed among the readers according to ...
It differs from that just mentioned , by limiting each individual to the reading of the part of a single character . In this entertainment , as on the stage , the characters of the drama are distributed among the readers according to ...
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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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