An essay upon the action of an orator, as to his pronunciation & gesture useful both for divines and lawyers, and necessary for all young gentlemen, that study how to speak well in publick / done out of French.
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- An essay upon the action of an orator, as to his pronunciation & gesture useful both for divines and lawyers, and necessary for all young gentlemen, that study how to speak well in publick / done out of French.
- Author
- Le Faucheur, Michel, 1585-1657.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Nich. Cox ...,
- [1680?]
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Contents
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To the Honoured
CHRISTOPHER RAWLINSON, Esquire. - THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THE READER.
- THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE READER.
- A Table of Chapters in this Treatise of A∣ction.
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AN ESSAY UPON THE Action of an Orator: OR, HIS
Pronunciation and Gesture. -
CHAP. I. The INTRODUCTION; Setting forth the Necessity ofAction, in general, by severalExamples. -
CHAP. II. ThatAction becomes both aDivine and aLawyer. -
CHAP. III. Directions forAction, toyoung Men that have a mind to study how tospeak well in Publick. -
CHAP. IV. OfSpeaking; and, first of all, what theOrator must do to beHeard withoutDifficulty andTrouble. -
CHAP. V. The way to beHeard withDelight. -
CHAP. VI. GeneralRules for thevariation of theVoyce. -
CHAP. VII. ParticularRules for theVari∣ation of the Voyce; and first, how tovary it according to theSubjects. -
CHAP. VIII. How tovary theVoyce accor∣ding to thePassions. -
CHAP. IX. Ofvarying theVoyce accord∣ing to the different Parts of a Discourse. -
CHAP. X. How tovary theVoyce accor∣ding to theFigures of Rhe∣torick. -
CHAP. XI. Of thePronunciation ofWords andSentences. -
CHAP. XII.
Of Gesture,in General. -
CHAP. XIII. Particular Rules
for Gesture. -
CHAP. XIV. Instructions for putting all the above-mention'dPraecepts inPractice.
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Authors and othergreat Persons, quoted in this Treatise ofA∣CTION. -
A Table of the most remarkable Passages contained in this
Book.