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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... Voice , " was the first work that ever presented a true and comprehensive record of the vocal functions . Physiology is a science , the details of which , are discoverable only by observation and experiment . The history of the ...
... Voice , " was the first work that ever presented a true and comprehensive record of the vocal functions . Physiology is a science , the details of which , are discoverable only by observation and experiment . The history of the ...
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... voice any science of Elocution , in the sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to display it in this Grammar . The discourse of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as reveal ...
... voice any science of Elocution , in the sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to display it in this Grammar . The discourse of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as reveal ...
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... Voice . Mr. Steele first explained the measure of speech . I have availed myself of his treatise , and of his method of scoring , as far as I found them applicable to my purpose . Mr. Steele's work was published fifty years ago ; it is ...
... Voice . Mr. Steele first explained the measure of speech . I have availed myself of his treatise , and of his method of scoring , as far as I found them applicable to my purpose . Mr. Steele's work was published fifty years ago ; it is ...
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... Voice . " I would remark , in conclusion , that if this Grammar con- tains a correct and comprehensive practical detail of the ele- ments of speech , Elocution , unless it is to be abandoned al- together , must be taught on the plan ...
... Voice . " I would remark , in conclusion , that if this Grammar con- tains a correct and comprehensive practical detail of the ele- ments of speech , Elocution , unless it is to be abandoned al- together , must be taught on the plan ...
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... Voice , General considerations on Force of Voice , General considerations on Time , General considerations on Abruptness , General considerations on Pitch , • Of the Elements of Sound which enter into the slide of the voice , when it is ...
... Voice , General considerations on Force of Voice , General considerations on Time , General considerations on Abruptness , General considerations on Pitch , • Of the Elements of Sound which enter into the slide of the voice , when it is ...
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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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