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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... feeling and judgment . But though thus destitute of what Cicero . calls the " Fontes Philosophiæ e quibus illa manant , ' " " * their sense of the importance of delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on ...
... feeling and judgment . But though thus destitute of what Cicero . calls the " Fontes Philosophiæ e quibus illa manant , ' " " * their sense of the importance of delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on ...
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... feel the disadvantages arising from the deficiency . Hereafter , young gentlemen of America , some of you will deeply ré- gret your neglect of the art of delivery : when you are obliged to do that indifferently , which you might have ...
... feel the disadvantages arising from the deficiency . Hereafter , young gentlemen of America , some of you will deeply ré- gret your neglect of the art of delivery : when you are obliged to do that indifferently , which you might have ...
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... feel asha- med of urging such plain matters of fact , were it not for our extraordinary ignorance on the subject . I never yet pronounced the vocal elements of our language , in my public lectures , without exciting the mirthful wonder ...
... feel asha- med of urging such plain matters of fact , were it not for our extraordinary ignorance on the subject . I never yet pronounced the vocal elements of our language , in my public lectures , without exciting the mirthful wonder ...
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... feeling . But independent of emphasis , or the indication of any particular state of the feelings , if words are not marked by a due proportion of percussive or explosive stress , they will not be audible through an extensive space ...
... feeling . But independent of emphasis , or the indication of any particular state of the feelings , if words are not marked by a due proportion of percussive or explosive stress , they will not be audible through an extensive space ...
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... feeling . On this account , it shuts up the sym- pathies of an audience , and when excessive , is a most effective means of destroying their attention . It is not to be expected that the varied phrases of melody can be intermingled in a ...
... feeling . On this account , it shuts up the sym- pathies of an audience , and when excessive , is a most effective means of destroying their attention . It is not to be expected that the varied phrases of melody can be intermingled in a ...
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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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