Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons; with Observations on the Principles of Gesture; and a Selection of Exercises in Reading and SpeakingW.F. Draper, 1869 - 413 pages |
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... False Taste , Artificial Style , Manner in Devotion , 113 116 120 122 Adaptation of Manner to the Different Parts of a Discourse , PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION , The Cultivation of the Voice : its Capability , 124 126 130 130 Neglect of ...
... False Taste , Artificial Style , Manner in Devotion , 113 116 120 122 Adaptation of Manner to the Different Parts of a Discourse , PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION , The Cultivation of the Voice : its Capability , 124 126 130 130 Neglect of ...
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... false , unnatural elo- cution , are the same with the evils of misrepresenting the word of God . He who undervalues the right method of enunciating religious truth , undervalues also the niceties of sentiment , the delicate mouldings of ...
... false , unnatural elo- cution , are the same with the evils of misrepresenting the word of God . He who undervalues the right method of enunciating religious truth , undervalues also the niceties of sentiment , the delicate mouldings of ...
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... false emphasis , and the unmeaning modulations which now are , to some extent , eclipsing the brightest lights of the American pulpit , -we feel compelled to utter common - place truths . We design , then , to show that good speaking is ...
... false emphasis , and the unmeaning modulations which now are , to some extent , eclipsing the brightest lights of the American pulpit , -we feel compelled to utter common - place truths . We design , then , to show that good speaking is ...
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... false em- phasis . An audience is often wearied under a sermon full of sound sense , distinctive remarks , and the fervent spirit of piety . They often associate with a preacher of sterling excellence some uncomfortable feelings . They ...
... false em- phasis . An audience is often wearied under a sermon full of sound sense , distinctive remarks , and the fervent spirit of piety . They often associate with a preacher of sterling excellence some uncomfortable feelings . They ...
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... as a thing wholly supererogatory , or necessarily artificial and false , or , at best , but mechanical and external . An instructor has therefore to urge , on some minds 3 * Elocution, as a department of Preparatory Study in Theology,
... as a thing wholly supererogatory , or necessarily artificial and false , or , at best , but mechanical and external . An instructor has therefore to urge , on some minds 3 * Elocution, as a department of Preparatory Study in Theology,
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