A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking; Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples ...A. H. Maltby, 1830 - 344 páginas |
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... Greek and Roman speakers , was , withal , eminently practical . They did not employ it for me- * Fountains of Philosophy , from which these things are de- rived . retricious display , or empty declamation , but as an 4 PREFACE .
... Greek and Roman speakers , was , withal , eminently practical . They did not employ it for me- * Fountains of Philosophy , from which these things are de- rived . retricious display , or empty declamation , but as an 4 PREFACE .
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... employed , Analysis of written language , Improvement of the voice , • Of the application of the vocal elements in expressing emotion , Drift of Voice , Faults of Delivery , Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to ...
... employed , Analysis of written language , Improvement of the voice , • Of the application of the vocal elements in expressing emotion , Drift of Voice , Faults of Delivery , Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to ...
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... employing Indians to fight against the Americans , 216 On the Being of a God - YOUNG , 220 The Grave - MONTGOMERY , 224 · The Poplar Field -- CowPER , 228 The Rose , -Cowper , • Parable of the Prodigal Son , The 139th Psalm ...
... employing Indians to fight against the Americans , 216 On the Being of a God - YOUNG , 220 The Grave - MONTGOMERY , 224 · The Poplar Field -- CowPER , 228 The Rose , -Cowper , • Parable of the Prodigal Son , The 139th Psalm ...
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... employed to show the consonant element at its beginning , and another to show the same element at its termination . The Element is distinguished from the other parts of the word in the same manner as in the preceding Table of Vowels . 1 ...
... employed to show the consonant element at its beginning , and another to show the same element at its termination . The Element is distinguished from the other parts of the word in the same manner as in the preceding Table of Vowels . 1 ...
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... employed in spelling : no letter being admitted into a word which is not actually sounded . As one letter is now often employed to indicate entirely different sounds , and several letters sometimes stand for a single sound , we must be ...
... employed in spelling : no letter being admitted into a word which is not actually sounded . As one letter is now often employed to indicate entirely different sounds , and several letters sometimes stand for a single sound , we must be ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceive cern concrete consonants degree delivery described discourse discrete downward slide earth effect elementary sounds Elocution Elocutionist emphasis emphatic employed equal wave example exercise expression eyes falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony nature nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall rising ditone rising slide semitone sentence short simple melody soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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Página 147 - I an itching palm ! You know that you are Brutus that speak this, Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.
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