A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard UniversityA.H. Maltby, 1832 - 346 pages |
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... distinct ARTICULATION , must form the basis of a good delivery . Speaking and reading cannot be impressive if the utterance is indis- tinct . Students of Elocution should therefore always attend to articulation , as the primary object ...
... distinct ARTICULATION , must form the basis of a good delivery . Speaking and reading cannot be impressive if the utterance is indis- tinct . Students of Elocution should therefore always attend to articulation , as the primary object ...
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... distinct , forcible , and an impressive ar- ticulation if it be not adopted and steadily pursued , as a preparatory exercise , and for such a length of time as the deficiencies of individuals may require , the usual de- fects will ...
... distinct , forcible , and an impressive ar- ticulation if it be not adopted and steadily pursued , as a preparatory exercise , and for such a length of time as the deficiencies of individuals may require , the usual de- fects will ...
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... distinct sounds . But the real order of things may be thus explained . In pronounc- ing the word MAN the lips are first intentionally brought together , and pressed in a certain way against each other , and air being , at the same time ...
... distinct sounds . But the real order of things may be thus explained . In pronounc- ing the word MAN the lips are first intentionally brought together , and pressed in a certain way against each other , and air being , at the same time ...
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... distinct and graceful articulation . This must be at once admitted by the reader , when he is informed that the for- ty - six elements exposed in our first tables do in different combinations , make up all the syllables of our language ...
... distinct and graceful articulation . This must be at once admitted by the reader , when he is informed that the for- ty - six elements exposed in our first tables do in different combinations , make up all the syllables of our language ...
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... pre- parative for a distinct and forcible pronunciation in the compounds of speech . " - Philosophy of the human voice , Sect . 47 , p . 461 . TABLE OF THE VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 22 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
... pre- parative for a distinct and forcible pronunciation in the compounds of speech . " - Philosophy of the human voice , Sect . 47 , p . 461 . TABLE OF THE VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 22 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived cern concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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