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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... clear . I see no reason to believe , that the ancients had any record of the functions of the 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 ...
... clear . I see no reason to believe , that the ancients had any record of the functions of the 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 ...
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... clearly perceive the difference of each vocal element in the foregoing tables of vowels and con- sonants from each other . Each is pointed out in the word or words in which it is found by an italic letter or letters . Such letter , or ...
... clearly perceive the difference of each vocal element in the foregoing tables of vowels and con- sonants from each other . Each is pointed out in the word or words in which it is found by an italic letter or letters . Such letter , or ...
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... clearly distinguished by the ear from the rest of the word , and the position of organs by which it is formed can be adopted at pleasure . It is then to be pronounced alone . In this manner all the vocal elements are to be sounded , and ...
... clearly distinguished by the ear from the rest of the word , and the position of organs by which it is formed can be adopted at pleasure . It is then to be pronounced alone . In this manner all the vocal elements are to be sounded , and ...
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... clear dipthongs . They are , nevertheless to be considered as vocal elements be- cause , though two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action of ...
... clear dipthongs . They are , nevertheless to be considered as vocal elements be- cause , though two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action of ...
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... clear dipthongs by prolongation ? 2. Are the vowel sounds susceptible of explosion ? 3. What are the circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sounds satisfactory ? 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in ...
... clear dipthongs by prolongation ? 2. Are the vowel sounds susceptible of explosion ? 3. What are the circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sounds satisfactory ? 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in ...
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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 hast 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 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 ΙΔ
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