ELEMENTS OF ELOCUTION :

IN WHICH

THE PRINCIPLES

OF

READING AND SPEAKING ARE INVESTIGATED;

AND SUCH

PAUSES, EMPHASIS, AND INFLECTIONS OF VOICE, AS ARE SUIT-
ABLE 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 COPIOUS SELECTION OF THE MOST STRIKING PASSAGES OF

SHAKESPEARE.

THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED BY COPPER-PLATES,

EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF

ACCENT, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, AND CADENCE.

BY JOHN WALKER,

AUTHOR OF THE CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, .

" EST QUÔDAM PRODIRE TENUS."-HOR.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY D. MALLORY & co.

ALSO BY LYMAN, MALLORY & CO. PORTLAND: D. W. FARRAND & GREEN,
ALBANY: WILLIAMS & WHITING, NEWYORK: B. B. HOPKINS & co.
AND T. B. ZANTZINGER & CO. PHILADELPHIA: P. H. NICKLIN &
CO. BALTIMORE: I. W. CAMPBELL, PETERSBURG (VIR.) :
PATTERSON & HOPKINS, PITTSBURG: AND SWIFT &
CHIPMAN, MIDDLEBURY, (VERMONT.)...1810.

S.C.R. PN

4111

W3

1810

ELEMENTS

OF

ELOCUTION.