Lessons in Elocution, or a Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lessons in Elocution, or a Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingElocution has, for some years past, been an ob ject of attention in the most respectable schools in this country. A laudable ambition of instructing youth, in the pronunciation and delivery of their native langu e, made English speeches a very conspicuous part 0 those exhibitions of oratory, which do our seminaries of learn ing so much credit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.