Excerpt from A Brief Treatise on the Principles and Advantages of ElocutionHe then goes on to advise, that the young clergyman should write his sermons in a large fair hand, and read them over several times before delivering them, so as to be able, with the occasional help of his eyes, cast down now and then, upon the paper, to pronounce them with ease and force.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.