ELOCUTIONIST, A COLLECTION OF PIECES IN PROSE AND VERSE, PECULIARLY ADAPTED TO DISPLAY THE ART OF READING, IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THE TERM. PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION, IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SIMPLIFY WALKER'S SYSTEM; AND, BY REFERRING HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO YORE GENERAL PRINCIPLES, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HIS RULES. NOW! BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES, Author of the Tragedy of Virginius, &c. &c. Seventh Edition, BELFAST, LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND CO.; WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND CO.; ROLAND HUNTER; AND JOHN SUTER, LONDON: ATKINSON AND CO. GLASGOW: AND JOAN CUMMING, DUBLIN. 1831. ELOCUTIONIST, A COLLECTION OF PIECES IN PROSE AND VERSE, PECULIARLY ADAPTED TO DISPLAY THE ART OF READING, IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THE TERM. PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION, IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SIMPLIFY WALKER'S SYSTEM; AND, BY REFERRING HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO MORE GENERAL PRINCIPLES, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HIS RULES. BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES Author of the Tragedy of Virginius, &c. &c. Seventh Edition, BELFAST, LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND CO.; WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND CO.; ROLAND HUNTER; AND JOHN SUTER, LONDON: STIRLING AND KENNEY, AND OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH: ATKINSON AND CO. GLASGOW: AND JOAN CUMMING, DUBLIN. 1831. |