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The Canadian Elocutionist Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and Self Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice

The Canadian Elocutionist Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and Self Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice

by Anna K. Howard

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Author
Howard, Anna K. (Anna Kelsey)
Credits
E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Jerry Fairbanks, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Elocution
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8093
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8093
Release Date
May 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE CANADIAN ELOCUTIONIST — PREFACE. — INTRODUCTION. — PART II. — TESTIMONIALS.
  2. 2.CHAPTER I. — SITTING.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II.
  4. 4.CHAPTER III.
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV.
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. — OROTUND QUALITY. — GUTTURAL QUALITY. — ASPIRATE QUALITY.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. — VARIATIONS OF FORCE OR STRESS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. — CLIMAX.
  11. 11.CHAPTER X.
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. — B. H. S. — B. H. P.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. — SCENE FROM LEAH, THE FORSAKEN. — THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. — THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS. — HAMLET'S ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS. — EXPERIENCE WITH EUROPEAN GUIDES. — FIRST EXPERIENCE. — POOR LITTLE JOE. — NIAGARA. — THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. — OVER THE HILL FROM THE POOR-HOUSE. — CALLING A BOY IN THE MORNING. — AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE. — THE JESTER'S CHOICE. — THE OPENING OF THE PIANO. — LANDING OF COLUMBUS. — ST. PHILIP NERI AND THE YOUTH. — "ASK MAMMA." — THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR. — THE FAITHFUL HOUSEWIFE. — SCENE FROM RICHELIEU. Enter JULIE DE MORTEMAR — TO HER HUSBAND; — FROM THE FIRST ORATION AGAINST CATILINE.

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