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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... circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- lic speaker , Directions to the Exercises , EXERCISES . Ode on the death of Thompson - COLLINS , 198 Catharina - COWPER , 201 · Adam and Eve's ...
... circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- lic speaker , Directions to the Exercises , EXERCISES . Ode on the death of Thompson - COLLINS , 198 Catharina - COWPER , 201 · Adam and Eve's ...
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... circumstances . We cannot now shew all the important uses to which it may be applied . The student may however , assure himself that the acqui- sition of it to a public speaker , is worth all his pains ; and that the only mode of ...
... circumstances . We cannot now shew all the important uses to which it may be applied . The student may however , assure himself that the acqui- sition of it to a public speaker , is worth all his pains ; and that the only mode of ...
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... circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sounds satisfactory ? 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in the utterance of the vowels ? 5. The student is required to explode each vowel sound . 6. By what other ...
... circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sounds satisfactory ? 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in the utterance of the vowels ? 5. The student is required to explode each vowel sound . 6. By what other ...
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... circumstances without pe- dantry . TABLE OF CONSONANTS AND VOWELS : THE CONSONANTS BEING PLACED FIRST . The following consonant sounds which are all aspirates should never be prolonged beyond what is necessary to distinct articulation ...
... circumstances without pe- dantry . TABLE OF CONSONANTS AND VOWELS : THE CONSONANTS BEING PLACED FIRST . The following consonant sounds which are all aspirates should never be prolonged beyond what is necessary to distinct articulation ...
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... depends partly , on unknown circumstances in the structure and action of the organs of speech ; as the same tune played upon two organs or piano - fortes will differ in quality General considerations on Quality of Voice,
... depends partly , on unknown circumstances in the structure and action of the organs of speech ; as the same tune played upon two organs or piano - fortes will differ in quality General considerations on Quality of Voice,
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accented 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 fore give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural 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 tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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Página 175 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto - them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying with a loud voice ; Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.
Página 147 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet, entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's...
Página 150 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes, That...
Página 162 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted...
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