The Prose Epitome Or Extracts Elegant Instructive And Entertaining PDF Download

Excerpt from The Prose Epitome: Or Elegant Extracts Abridged From the Larger Volume, for the Improvement of Scholars at Classical and Other Schools, in the Art of Speaking, in Reading, Thinking, Composing, and in the Conduct of Life I proceed to treat next of thofe higher parts of Delivery, by' ftudying which, a fpeaker has fomethin farther in view than merely to render himfeff intelligible, and fecks grace and force to what he utters. May be comprifed under four heads, Emphalis, Fanfes, Tones, and Geftures. Let me only premife in general, to what I am to fay con cerning them, that attention to thefe articles of Delivery, is by no means to be confined, as fome might be apt to imagine, to the more elaborate and pathetic parts of a difcourfe; there is, perhaps, as great attention. Requilite, and as much (kill difplayed, in adapting ema phafes, paules, tones, and gelt'ures, properly, to calm and plain fpeaking and the effect of a jult and graceful deliver will, in every part ofa fubject, be found 0 high importance for commanding attention, and enforcing what is fpoken. 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.