The Making Of A Pulpit Orator

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333628505
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book The Pulpit Orator written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pulpit Orator: Being a New Selection of Eloquent Pulpit Discourses, Accompanied With Observations on the Composition and Delivery of Sermons You ought to vary the voice according to the changes of your fubjeft, the pa iom you would exprefs your felf, or excite in others, the feveral parts of your fpeech, and according to the nature of the words you make ufe of. - T here is nothing fo grating to the ear of an auditory, or that gives them fo much difgul'c, as a voice continually in the fame key, without the leali ding/ion or variety, and yet this is the common fault of molt fpeak crs. There are few voices fo bad that might not be rendered not only ammo/e, but plea/ant, if their owners knew how to give them thofe turn: and variation: which are lo neee 'ary in the courfe of a fpeech, in order to keep alive the attention of the hearer. A anyormity of tone not onlypallr upon the ear, but'is extremelylprej udicial to whatever you fay - It places every part of a fpeech on the fizme level, takes away all power from that which ought to have the greatelt rengt/j, not only of argument but of expre ion, and reduces all to that equal ity of found, which gives no more rig/lin ion to the pa]? onr, than to the dryeft part of a cold and regular tion. This monotony is too common a fault on the age, in the pulpit, the fenate, at the bar, and, in fact, in cv ery place where Iona/ic oeakmg ls praflzyi'd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."