The Popular Elocutionist And Reciter Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Popular Elocutionist and Reciter Penny Readings in Prose and Verse, which extended to twelve volumes of 256 pages each. A Library Edition in five volumes was subsequently issued, and of these two works about a quarter of a million copies have been disposed of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Greening's Popular Reciter and the Art of Elocution and Public Speaking: Being Simple Explanation of the Various Branches of Elocution; Together With Lessons for Self-Instruction The rules of elocution are designed to correct the bad habits of speech, gesture, and deportment; and to make the voice, the countenance, and body well attuned instruments to respond actively to a mind full of noble thoughts and powerful emotions. So far I have endeavoured to place this subject in the light of a high and pure pleasure, which should be cultivated for the sake of the gratification which it gives. To others, and as an addition to our intellectual attainments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Webster's Reciter; Or Elocution Made Easy: Plainly Showing the Proper Attitudes of the Figure, the Various Expressions of the Face, and the Different Inflexions and Modulations of the Voice, Clearly Explained by Numerous Engravings A tonguey man generally carries rocks in his pocket, and if this is not always the case, yet the converse is almost ia variably true: that the man who sits like an owl in com pany, and looks unutterable things, but says nothing, goes with many a hungry belly, as our old friend John Bun yan expresses it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Standard Canadian Reciter: A Book of the Best Readings and Recitations From Canadian Literature How important it is, then, that a goodly part Of the literature presented to us in the form of readings and recitations from the public platform - in our schools, in our churches, in our literary clubs, in our concert halls - should reflect the life, the thought, the senti ment, the atmosphere of Canada. And who can better interpret for us the life of Canada than the Canadian writers who have lived it? Who can better voice its sentiment than those who have felt it? Who can better convey its atmosphere than those who have breathed it? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.