Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist."W.D. Ticknor and Company, 1845 - 336 pages |
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... mind on a single point , requiring the closest discrimination , or leads it away in a train of ab- stract thought : let there be , in one word , what we term a " breathless " attention ; and we observe the person at once in the ...
... mind on a single point , requiring the closest discrimination , or leads it away in a train of ab- stract thought : let there be , in one word , what we term a " breathless " attention ; and we observe the person at once in the ...
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... mind , and , perhaps , an im- paired state of health , or a feeble constitution , prevent , in many instances , the free and forcible use of those muscles on which voice is dependent . Hence arises the necessity of students of elocution ...
... mind , and , perhaps , an im- paired state of health , or a feeble constitution , prevent , in many instances , the free and forcible use of those muscles on which voice is dependent . Hence arises the necessity of students of elocution ...
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... mind the distinctive quality of each species of sound , and the effect of each on the organic action . The columns are to be read across the page . - " Tonics . " " Subtonics . " " Atonics . " A - 11 L - ull P - i - pe A - m M - ai - m ...
... mind the distinctive quality of each species of sound , and the effect of each on the organic action . The columns are to be read across the page . - " Tonics . " " Subtonics . " " Atonics . " A - 11 L - ull P - i - pe A - m M - ai - m ...
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... mind the fairies ' coachmakers . And in this state she gallops , night by night , Through lovers ' brains , and then they dream of love ; O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses ...
... mind the fairies ' coachmakers . And in this state she gallops , night by night , Through lovers ' brains , and then they dream of love ; O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses ...
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... mind has been crowded by thick - coming fancies ' concerning those spiritual beings which Walk the earth , Unseen , both when we wake and when we sleep . " 3 . " Go forth under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings , while from ...
... mind has been crowded by thick - coming fancies ' concerning those spiritual beings which Walk the earth , Unseen , both when we wake and when we sleep . " 3 . " Go forth under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings , while from ...
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