Russell's American Elocutionist. The American Elocutionist: Comprising 'Lessons in Enunciation', 'Exercises in Elocution', and 'Rudiments of Gestre', EtcJenks and Palmer, 1846 |
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... avoid a formal and fastidious prominence of sound , on unaccented sylla- bles every word , though uttered with the utmost energy , must retain the proportions of accented and un- accented syllables in their natural and appropriate pro ...
... avoid a formal and fastidious prominence of sound , on unaccented sylla- bles every word , though uttered with the utmost energy , must retain the proportions of accented and un- accented syllables in their natural and appropriate pro ...
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... avoided in the pronunciation of the fol- lowing words , —that of a too broad , and nearly like a in all ; thus Fawrm , fawther , smawrt , & c . , for farm , father , smart ; and a too short , resembling the sound of a in mat , thus ...
... avoided in the pronunciation of the fol- lowing words , —that of a too broad , and nearly like a in all ; thus Fawrm , fawther , smawrt , & c . , for farm , father , smart ; and a too short , resembling the sound of a in mat , thus ...
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... avoided in the following words , -that of a too flat , and divided into two sounds ; thus , mayŭn , for măn , -and that of a too broad ; thus , pauss * for păss . Bàt cát hát màt pát sát , rat vat blab sack lad staff , had mall tan dram ...
... avoided in the following words , -that of a too flat , and divided into two sounds ; thus , mayŭn , for măn , -and that of a too broad ; thus , pauss * for păss . Bàt cát hát màt pát sát , rat vat blab sack lad staff , had mall tan dram ...
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... avoided in this class of sounds , is that of allowing e to become somewhat like a in fate ; or thus , Baid , aig ; for bed , egg ; stade for stead . Ell elk elm èlse hènce fénce , let get yet yest yesterday kept , felled abed measure ...
... avoided in this class of sounds , is that of allowing e to become somewhat like a in fate ; or thus , Baid , aig ; for bed , egg ; stade for stead . Ell elk elm èlse hènce fénce , let get yet yest yesterday kept , felled abed measure ...
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... avoided , as not belonging to English enunciation , or as being too analytical and pedantic . At the same time , the second error , that of substituting the sound of u in turn for that of e , should be avoided as a careless vul- garism ...
... avoided , as not belonging to English enunciation , or as being too analytical and pedantic . At the same time , the second error , that of substituting the sound of u in turn for that of e , should be avoided as a careless vul- garism ...
Términos y frases comunes
accent action acute accent appropriate Argentine arising articulation attention beautiful cadence character circumflex clause close commencing common common metre connexion cuckoo declamation deep diphthong distinct effect elocution emotion emphasis emphatic England English language enunciation error example exemplified exer EXERCISE expression Fair lords falchion falling inflection fault feeling feet foot force forcible gesture give Glengyle grace grave habit hand heart Heaven honour iambus Ireland king language learner letter liberty light lord Lucca manner meaning mind moderate movement natural never noble o'er orthoepy pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetic poetry position practice preceding produce pronounced pronunciation prose pupils reading requires rising inflection rule Ruph sentence sentiment slide slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech spirit spondee stanza style sword syllables tence thee thou thought Tigg tion tone trochee true unaccented utterance verse voice words
Pasajes populares
Página 73 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance!
Página 185 - Ye winds ! that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? Oh, tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 106 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Página 93 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Página 102 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Página 70 - And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 91 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous; and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Página 152 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi
Página 111 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Página 176 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.