A rhetorical grammar, 1785

by John Walker

Excerpt from A Rhetorical In Which the Common Improprieties in Reading and Speaking Are Detected and the True Sources of Elegant Pronunciation Are Pointed OutRhetorical Grammar to its present size, was, togive a complete idea Of the two circumflexes of the speaking voice. The two simple inflexions, the rising and falling, had been several times de lineated on copper-plates, in Elements Of Elocu tion but the two complex inflexious, called cir cumflexes, though frequently described, had not been marked out to the eye; and these appeared so inseparable from the human voice, so new, and D? Such real utility in teaching to read and speak, that I cauld scarcely think. I had discharged my duty ts my country, till I had given these media ficatigns of the speaking voice as clear an planatian as I was able.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.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.

348 pages, Hardcover

First published August 14, 2013

About the author

Actor, philologist, and lexicographer.