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Author Walker, John, 1732-1807.

Title Elements of elocution [microform] : in which the principles of reading and speaking are investigated / by John Walker.

Imprint Boston : D. Mallory, J. T. Buckingham, printer, 1810.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Book Microfilm Cabinets  808.5 B777 reel 8 item 81    ---  Available
Edition [2nd ed.].
Description 379 p. : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Series British and continental rhetoric and elocution [microform]; Reel 8, no. 81.
Note Remainder of title: And such pauses, emphasis, and inflections of voice, as are suitable to every variety of sentence, are distinctly pointed out and explained : with directions for strengthening and modulating the voice, so as to render it varied, forcible, and harmonious. To which is added a complete system of the passions ; showing how they affect the countenance, tone of voice,and gesture of the body. Exemplified by a copius selection of the most striking passages of Shakespeare. The whole illustrated by copperplates, explaining the nature of accent, emphasis, inflection and cadence.
Reproduction Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1953. On reel 8 of 16 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (British and continental rhetoric and elocution ; Reel 8, no. 81).
Subject Elocution.
Oral reading.
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Pronunciation.
English language -- Accents and accentuation.
English language -- Rhythm.
Facial expression.
Gesture.
Expression.

 
    
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