A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking; Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples ...A. H. Maltby, 1830 - 344 pages |
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... thrones , and made the ex- tremities of the earth to tremble . " Were these men mistaken , in estimating highly the advan- tages of an impressive delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of ...
... thrones , and made the ex- tremities of the earth to tremble . " Were these men mistaken , in estimating highly the advan- tages of an impressive delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of ...
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... throne in the clouds , and laugh'st at the storm . He begged pardon for having troubled the house so long . The glow - worm shows the matin to be near . The table groans beneath its burthen . Arm it with rags a pigmy straw will pierce ...
... throne in the clouds , and laugh'st at the storm . He begged pardon for having troubled the house so long . The glow - worm shows the matin to be near . The table groans beneath its burthen . Arm it with rags a pigmy straw will pierce ...
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... throne of rōyal name . * High on a throne of royal năme . Let the superscribed sentence be uttered with the ex- tremes of quick and slow time as already described and the nature of time or quantity as applicable to speech will be ...
... throne of rōyal name . * High on a throne of royal năme . Let the superscribed sentence be uttered with the ex- tremes of quick and slow time as already described and the nature of time or quantity as applicable to speech will be ...
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... thrōne of royal state . " If this sentence is uttered with extended quantity it will show the inverted equal wave of the second on the syllables " high , " " throne , " " roy . " “ I said he was my friend . " If this sentence is ...
... thrōne of royal state . " If this sentence is uttered with extended quantity it will show the inverted equal wave of the second on the syllables " high , " " throne , " " roy . " “ I said he was my friend . " If this sentence is ...
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... throne - a king ; As wild his thoughts , and gay of wing , As Eden's garden bird . 3. An hour passed on . - The Turk awoke : That bright dream was his last ; He woke to hear his sentry's shriek , " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the ...
... throne - a king ; As wild his thoughts , and gay of wing , As Eden's garden bird . 3. An hour passed on . - The Turk awoke : That bright dream was his last ; He woke to hear his sentry's shriek , " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the ...
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceive cern concrete consonants degree delivery described discourse discrete downward slide earth effect elementary sounds Elocution Elocutionist emphasis emphatic employed equal wave example exercise expression eyes falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony nature nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall rising ditone rising slide semitone sentence short simple melody soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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Page 147 - I an itching palm ! You know that you are Brutus that speak this, Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.
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