Webster's Reciter; Or, Elocution Made Easy

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012 - 218 ページ
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ON THE VOICE. ?ON STRESS. 17 the daily practice of reading and speaking. The success of the ancient orators, as also of Fox, of Clay, and many of the distinguished actors of modern times?proves, as we have seen, the practicability of thus learning the art of speaking. ON THE VOICE. NOTHING but practice will improve the voice. Without continual exercise of the vocal powers, one can never become an orator. A good articulation is a rare excellence even among those who are called good speakers; and such is its value, that it can even atone for many deficiencies. It is of great service to the speaker, as it enables him to make himself heard any where, without any great effort of the lungs, and also secures to him the attention of his hearers. A good articulation can scarcely fail to secure attention. And to the hearers also, it is a matter of much interest; since it enables them distinctly to hear what is said, and that with an agreeable satisfaction, instead of having to put forth a painful effort. It is necessary not only to strengthen the voice by frequently speaking or reading pieces aloud, but also to acquire the habit of pronouncing every word in the sentence distinctly, and with proper emphasis. ON STEESS. Eveby sound capable of prolongation, uttered without excitement, and in a natural manner, commences full and somewhat abrupt, and gradually decreases in fullness, till it becomes a mere breathing. Though this movement of the voice may be varied almost at pleasure, yet it has suggested the designation of the Bndical movement as applicable to the first part of the sound; while the last part?the gradual 18 ON STRESS. decrease and final termination of the sound?has been called .the Vanishing movement of the voice. And these designations continue the same...

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