Russell's American elocutionist . 248. 50 PIECES FOR PRACTICEIN READING AND DECLAMATION, EXERCISE I. LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS. LfljdL [As an exercise in elocution, this piece is designed for practicein the reading- of plain narrative. The faults to be avoided, aremonotony or formality, on the one hand, and undue familiarity, oraffected animation, on the other : the points of style to be aimed at,are simplicity and dignity, as in serious and elevated conversation.] The scene of this popular fable, was placed in the twocenturies which elapsed between the reign of the emperorDecius, and the d
Russell's American elocutionist . 248. 50 PIECES FOR PRACTICEIN READING AND DECLAMATION, EXERCISE I. LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS. LfljdL [As an exercise in elocution, this piece is designed for practicein the reading- of plain narrative. The faults to be avoided, aremonotony or formality, on the one hand, and undue familiarity, oraffected animation, on the other : the points of style to be aimed at,are simplicity and dignity, as in serious and elevated conversation.] The scene of this popular fable, was placed in the twocenturies which elapsed between the reign of the emperorDecius, and the death of Theodosius the younger. In thatinterval of time, between the years 249 and 450 of ourera, the union of the Roman empire had been dissolved,and some of its fairest provinces overrun by the barbariansof the north. The seat of government had passed fromRome to Constantinople; and the throne, from a pagan per?secutor to a succession of Christian and orthodox genius of the empire had been humbled in the dust;and the alt
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