“Oh what a to-do to die today at a minute or two to two, a thing distinctly hard to say, but harder… — The Dragon Copy Share Image
The vulgar look upon a man, who is reckoned a fine speaker, as a phenomenon, a supernatural being, and endowed with some… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
... I had a latent impression that there was something decidedly fine in Mr. Wopsle's elocution - not for old associations' sake,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Literature, the study of literature in English in the 19th century, did not belong to literary studies, which had to do with… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
[On the United States:] A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
I took movement classes that I wore my double-breasted suits to. I worked on my elocution because people spoke differently then. I… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image