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The vestibule of eloquence:original articles oratorical and poetical, intended as exercises in recitation, at the Institution, Bedford Place, Russell Square

Victorian poets.

The villain as hero in Elizabethan tragedy,

A vindication of Mr. George Buchanan's paraphrase of the Book of psalms,from the objections rais'd against it by William Benson, Esq; Auditor in Exchequer, in the supplement and conclusion he has annex'd to his prefatory discourse to his new edition of Dr. Arthur Johnston's version of that sacred book. In which also, upon a comparison of the performances of those two poets, the superiority is demonstrated to belong to Buchanan. Wherein likewise several Passages of the Original are occasionally illustrated: Together with some useful Observations concerning the Latin Poetry and Arts of Versification. In a letter to that learned gentleman. By Thomas Ruddiman, A.M.

A vindication of the Appendix to the poems, called Rowley's,in reply to The answers of the Dean of Exeter, Jacob Bryant, Esquire, and a third anonymous writer; with some further observations upon those poems, and an examination of the evidence which has been produced in support of their authenticity; by Thomas Tyrwhitt.

Virgil's Georgics and the British poets.

Visible speech reader for the nursery and primary schoolrequiring no preparatory knowledge of Visible Speech on the part of the Teacher

Visible speech: a new fact demonstrated.

Visible speech:the science ... of universal alphabetics; or Self-interpreting physiological letters, for the writing of all languages in one alphabet.

The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman,together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun,

A vocabulary of such words in the English language as are of dubious or unsettled accentuation,in which the pronunciation of Sheridan, Walker, and other orthoepists, is compared.

A vocabulary, or pocket dictionary.To which is prefixed, a compendious grammar of the English language.

Vocal and action-language culture and expression

Vocal expression in speech;a treatise on the fundamentals of public speaking adapted to the use of colleges and universities,

Vocal expression;a class-book of voice training and interpretation,

Vocal faults and their remedies,

The vocal organ-- its mechanism (explaining a new discovery)

Vocal physiology, vocal culture and singing

Vocal sounds

The vocalism of Romanic words in Chaucer ...

Vocational English;a textbook for commercial and technical schools,

Voice and its natural development,

Voice and nerve control,

Voice culture and elocution.

The voice in singing,

Voice production with the aid of phonetics,

Voice training in speech and song :an account of the structure and use of the vocal organs and the means of securing distinct articulation

Voice, speech and gesture;a practical handbook to the elocutionary art, comprising also selections in prose and verse adapted for recitation, reading, and dramatic recital.

The voice;an introduction to practical phonology,

Voltaire's Essay on epic poetry :a study and an edition ...

Voyage to Locuta;a fragment: with etchings and notes of illustration.

The vulgarities of speech corrected:with elegant expressions for provincial and vulgar English, Scots, and Irish; for the use of those who are unacquainted with grammar.

Vuttodaya (Exposition of metre) :a Pali text

Walt Whitman,

Warman's school-room friend;practical suggestions on reading, reciting and impersonating. (Not a treatise on elocution.)

Watson's manual of calisthenics:a systematic drill-book without apparatus, for schools, families, and gymnasiums.

Watts's compleat spelling-book,in three parts. Part I. Containeth Mr. Munday's New Improvements, for the Right Accenting of Words, in variety of Tables, from one to seven Syllables: with Praxes on Words of different Syllables: Also Portions of Scripture, from the Psalms, Proverbs and New Testament. Part II. Containeth, the Principles and Rules of pronouncing our Mother Tongue, both in Prose and Verse, in great variety of Examples, Containing, sure and easy Directions for Reading. Part III. Lessons for Children, out of the Historical Parts of Scripture; as also, a short History of England, from the Norman Conquest, to his Present Majesty's Accession to the Throne: As also Mr. Clark's Directions, for Writing the Round Hand, and Round Text, and the Italian Hand, with several other Things for the Improvement of Children. With ingraved Copies, taken from the standard Rules, by Mr. Bickham.

Webster's reciter, or, Elocution made easy :plainly showing the proper attitudes of the figure, the various expressions of the face, and the different inflexions and modulations of the voice ... : also containing choice selections of the most thrilling, passionate, heroic, and patriotic speeches and poems ...

Weld's English grammar :illustrated by exercises in composition, analyzing and parsing

Weld's progressive English grammar :illustrated with copious exercises in analysis, parsing, and composition : adapted to schools and academies of every grade

The well of English and the bucket,

The well-Bred scholar,or practical essays on the best methods of improving the taste, and assisting the exertions of youth in their literary pursuits. By William Milns, Member Of ST. Mary Hall, Oxford; Author Of The Penman's Repository And Linguist's Treasure, &c. And Master Of The City Commercial School, George-Yard, Lombard-Street.

A well-planned course in reading with elocutionary advice;arranged for the use of classes in elocution and reading,

Wells of English.