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* Proverbs xix. 5 and 9. [Obelisk] 1 Kings.






PART FIRST.

ELOCUTION.

Elocution is the art of delivering written or extemporaneous composition
with force, propriety, and ease.

It deals, therefore, with words, not only as individuals, but as members
of a sentence, and parts of a connected discourse: including every thing
necessary to the just expression of the sense. Accordingly, it demands,
in a _special_ manner, attention to the following particulars; viz.,
ARTICULATION, ACCENT, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, MODULATION, and PAUSES.

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SECTION I.

ARTICULATION.

Articulation is the art of uttering distinctly and justly the letters