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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... less originality , depth , and accuracy of investigation , devoted to some art which mankind in general have been taught to consi- der profitable , would have brought you a more immediate recompense of fame ; not however , perhaps , a ...
... less originality , depth , and accuracy of investigation , devoted to some art which mankind in general have been taught to consi- der profitable , would have brought you a more immediate recompense of fame ; not however , perhaps , a ...
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... less mixed with as- piration . He may not succeed at once in displaying this function to the best advantage , but let him go on : it will come by a little time and practice . With a teacher there will be no difficulty , nor will any ...
... less mixed with as- piration . He may not succeed at once in displaying this function to the best advantage , but let him go on : it will come by a little time and practice . With a teacher there will be no difficulty , nor will any ...
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... less in the utterance of every element or syllable . Every syllable is uttered by voluntary muscular effort , and therefore requires some force , for this is implied in all voluntary action . Every syllable consumes time in its ...
... less in the utterance of every element or syllable . Every syllable is uttered by voluntary muscular effort , and therefore requires some force , for this is implied in all voluntary action . Every syllable consumes time in its ...
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... less force , growing louder by degrees , in the usual sense of the expression , swell of voice , and then again gradually diminishing to its termination , and you have another modification of force . Again , suppose the voice to begin ...
... less force , growing louder by degrees , in the usual sense of the expression , swell of voice , and then again gradually diminishing to its termination , and you have another modification of force . Again , suppose the voice to begin ...
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... less complete . The same general remarks apply to the following form , in which the cadence , as in the last instance , is made upon two syllables , with this difference however from it , that the voice falls through two tones upon the ...
... less complete . The same general remarks apply to the following form , in which the cadence , as in the last instance , is made upon two syllables , with this difference however from it , that the voice falls through two tones upon the ...
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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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