elocutionary

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The student must ever bear in mind that there is no royal road of attaining excellence in Elocutionary art without labour.

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

The Elocutionary Introduction, by Professor F. Townsend Southwick, presents in brief scope the most important rules for oral reading and those principles of the art that are most necessary for the pupils to master.

From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

Elocutionary exercises, especially that of declamation, thus practised with a due regard to the function of breathing, become highly beneficial in a hygienic point of view, imparting health and vigor to the whole physical system.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)