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Meanings of elocutionary in English

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Usage of elocutionary in English
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This department comprises every variety of style necessary in elocutionary culture.
The American Union Speaker
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Deeply ignoring this, I resume my elocutionary studies of the Declaration of Independence.
Ruggles of Red Gap
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His sermon was eloquent and literary, and it was delivered with elocutionary power.
The Christian: A Story
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She prided herself on her elocutionary ability, and read the following with great expression:
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
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Very well, but please to remember that I have no time for elocutionary exercises.
A Voyage with Captain Dynamite
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The character of the selections, aside from their elocutionary value, has also been duly considered.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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Some spirits are dumb, while others are highly elocutionary.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories
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This pantomime was the elocutionary expression of an unspoken soliloquy which had something of this shape:
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
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As he stood in that elocutionary attitude, friends, this is just the way that speech went.
Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities
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He explained afterward that elocutionary effort taxes the strength severely, and makes hearty eating a necessity.
The Young Musician; Or, Fighting His Way
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Jim was rather proud of his elocutionary gift.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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As an elocutionary-or ,rather ,asa dramatic-display, it was looked forward to with the liveliest curiosity.
Charles Dickens as a Reader
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It gives scope either to mere elocutionary art or melodramatic invention,-notto the universal and existing passions.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
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Mr. Opp abruptly descended from his elocutionary flight, and asked to be excused for a few moments.
Mr. Opp
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She heard Kate's elocutionary voice declaiming brightly:
The Lookout Man
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No year of college life should pass without contributing materially towards the elocutionary equipment of the future preacher.
The Young Priest's Keepsake
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