THE

AMERICAN

SPEAKER:

CONTAINING NUMEROUS

RULES, OBSERVATIONS, AND EXERCISES,

ON

PRONUNCIATION, PAUSES, INFLECTIONS,
ACCENT, AND EMPHASIS;

ALSO,

COPIOUS EXTRACTS IN PROSE AND POETRY,

CALCULATED

TO ASSIST THE TEACHER, AND TO IMPROVE THE PUPIL

IN READING AND RECITATION.

BY JOHN FROST,

AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

PHILADELPHIA :

THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT, & CO.