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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... pause between them . Where the elements are duplica- ted , if they admit of it , one is prolonged as in alleviate -annihilate - immediate . If the element is a mute or necessarily short , there is a perceptible stop to be made after it ...
... pause between them . Where the elements are duplica- ted , if they admit of it , one is prolonged as in alleviate -annihilate - immediate . If the element is a mute or necessarily short , there is a perceptible stop to be made after it ...
Page 42
... pause upon every vowel , the vowels not being protracted more than is necessary to their simple articulation . Let the mutes k , p , t , be exploded with force upon each vowel . Af- terwards let each consonant ( except the mutes ) be ...
... pause upon every vowel , the vowels not being protracted more than is necessary to their simple articulation . Let the mutes k , p , t , be exploded with force upon each vowel . Af- terwards let each consonant ( except the mutes ) be ...
Page 58
... pauses as possible to be made between each ; in such case each syllable will have short quantity , the pauses will have short time and the general movement will be in quick time . But the four sounds above mentioned can be great- ly ...
... pauses as possible to be made between each ; in such case each syllable will have short quantity , the pauses will have short time and the general movement will be in quick time . But the four sounds above mentioned can be great- ly ...
Page 59
... pauses are intentionally lengthened ; that it has short quantity because the syllables either do not ad- mit of extension or are not extended . The pauses in all good delivery bear a proportion to the length of syllables . High on a ...
... pauses are intentionally lengthened ; that it has short quantity because the syllables either do not ad- mit of extension or are not extended . The pauses in all good delivery bear a proportion to the length of syllables . High on a ...
Page 87
... pauses . Monotony will be particularly obtrusive at successive pauses , because the ear is invited by them to notice any striking return in the ordering of the pitch . Such a return frequently takes place where a series of commas ...
... pauses . Monotony will be particularly obtrusive at successive pauses , because the ear is invited by them to notice any striking return in the ordering of the pitch . Such a return frequently takes place where a series of commas ...
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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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