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.

Title

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

• half title
• title page
• 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.
• AN ESSAY UPON THE Action of an Orator: OR, HIS Pronunciation and Gesture.
  • CHAP. I. The INTRODUCTION; Setting forth the Necessity of Action, in general, by several Examples.
  • CHAP. II. That Action becomes both a Divine and a Lawyer.
  • CHAP. III. Directions for Action, to young Men that have a mind to study how to speak well in Publick.
  • CHAP. IV. Of Speaking; and, first of all, what the Orator must do to be Heard without Difficulty and Trouble.
  • CHAP. V. The way to be Heard with Delight.
  • CHAP. VI. General Rules for the variation of the Voyce.
  • CHAP. VII. Particular Rules for the Vari∣ation of the Voyce; and first, how to vary it according to the Subjects.
  • CHAP. VIII. How to vary the Voyce accor∣ding to the Passions.
  • CHAP. IX. Of varying the Voyce accord∣ing to the different Parts of a Discourse.
  • CHAP. X. How to vary the Voyce accor∣ding to the Figures of Rhe∣torick.
  • CHAP. XI. Of the Pronunciation of Words and Sentences.
  • CHAP. XII. Of Gesture, in General.
  • CHAP. XIII. Particular Rules for Gesture.
  • CHAP. XIV. Instructions for putting all the above-mention'd Praecepts in Practice.
• Authors and other great Persons, quoted in this Treatise of A∣CTION.
  • part
• A Table of the most remarkable Passages contained in this Book.
  • A.
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • V
  • W