Word: hinge
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Dates: during 1892-1892
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...spoken as in written English, clearness, force and elegance must be striven for. Brea hing has much to do with clear speech and also conduces much to is forcibleness. Mechanical exercises in teaching are to be avoided. Surely reading Shakespeare's works gives abundant opportunity for the practising of all sounds, and the reading of novels, helps much in giving a resonant and delicate modulation of tone. Artificiality must be strictly avoided, though it is admissable in painting, sculpture and other arts. No man reads without its having an effect on his voice; he cannot speak well without a book...