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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... Pectoral , " aspirated , " " gut- Exercises on Elements , 172 173-175 175 The terms enclosed within quotation marks , are peculiar to the system of Dr. Rush , or to this manual , and have a technical acceptation , which is explained at ...
... Pectoral , " aspirated , " " gut- Exercises on Elements , 172 173-175 175 The terms enclosed within quotation marks , are peculiar to the system of Dr. Rush , or to this manual , and have a technical acceptation , which is explained at ...
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... pectoral muscles , at the upper part of the chest , serve to dilate and compress it , in the acts of breathing and of utterance . 6. The pleura is a membrane which envelopes the lungs , and propagates to their cells the impulse by which ...
... pectoral muscles , at the upper part of the chest , serve to dilate and compress it , in the acts of breathing and of utterance . 6. The pleura is a membrane which envelopes the lungs , and propagates to their cells the impulse by which ...
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... pectoral gruffness , guttural suffocation , nasal twang , or oral thinness of quality ; and mong profi- cients in the art , whatever personal peculiar y of voice is suffered to exist , is such only as keeps within he limits of perfect ...
... pectoral gruffness , guttural suffocation , nasal twang , or oral thinness of quality ; and mong profi- cients in the art , whatever personal peculiar y of voice is suffered to exist , is such only as keeps within he limits of perfect ...
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... pectoral murmur , arising from an imperfect habit of breathing , in consequence of which , the lungs are not furnished with a sufficient supply of air , to produce full and clear tone . Another cause of this fault in utterance , usually ...
... pectoral murmur , arising from an imperfect habit of breathing , in consequence of which , the lungs are not furnished with a sufficient supply of air , to produce full and clear tone . Another cause of this fault in utterance , usually ...
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... pectoral tone is blended with the other two , causing the extreme of impure tone , in all its bad proper- ties . The effect of this species of voice , is a grunting utterance , resembling that of the inferior animals , instead of the ...
... pectoral tone is blended with the other two , causing the extreme of impure tone , in all its bad proper- ties . The effect of this species of voice , is a grunting utterance , resembling that of the inferior animals , instead of the ...
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accent appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral aspirated quality breath cadence character Coriolanus deep degree diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion emphasis enunciation epiglottis exer exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit hath heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch Median stress melody ment Middle pitch mode moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural o'er octave Pathos pauses Pectoral Quality phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence sion solemn soul speaker speaking speech student style subdued Sublimity subtonic syllables Teacher in District termed thee thou thought tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned utterance vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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