LECTURE XXXIII.

PRONUNCIATION, OR DELIVERY.

JlYAVING treated of feveral general heads re- Lec alating to Eloquence, or Public Speaking, I now XXXII!proceed to another very important part of thefubjed yet remaining, that is, Pronunciation, orDelivery of a Difcourfe. How much flrefs was laidupon this by the moll eloquent of all Orators,Demofthenes, appears from a noted faying ofhis related both by Cicero and Quinctilian ;when being afked , What was the lirft point inOratory. ? he anfwered , Delivery ; and beingafked , What was the fecond ? and afterwards,

'What was the third ? he Hill anfwered, Delivery.

There is no wonder , that he fhould have ratedthis fo high , and that for improving himfelf init, he fhould have employed thofe afliduous andpainful labours , which all the ancients take fomuch notice of; for, beyond doubt, nothing isof more importance. To fuperficial thinkers; themanagement of the voice and gefture , in PublicSpeaking , may appear to relate to Decorationonly , and to be one of the inferior arts ofcatch-VoL. II. C C