Excerpt from An American Selection, of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth; To Which Are Prefixed Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind Let each syllable and the letters which compose it, be pronounced with a clear voice, without whining, drawl ing, lisping, stammering, mumbling in the throat, or speaking through the nose. Avoid equally a dull draw} ing habit, and too much rapidity of pronunciation: for each of these faults destroys a distinct articulation. 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.