The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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... voice and the breath . 4. THE PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF SPEECH are the lips , the teeth , the tongue , and the palate . 5. VOICE IS PRODUCED by the action of the breath upon the larynx.1 6. ORAL ELEMENTS ARE DIVIDED into three classes ...
... voice and the breath . 4. THE PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF SPEECH are the lips , the teeth , the tongue , and the palate . 5. VOICE IS PRODUCED by the action of the breath upon the larynx.1 6. ORAL ELEMENTS ARE DIVIDED into three classes ...
Page 53
... voice ; as , Do you love your home ? 4. THE FALLING INFLECTION is the downward bend or slide of the voice ; as , When are you going home ? The rising inflection carries the voice upward from the gen- eral pitch , and suspends it on the ...
... voice ; as , Do you love your home ? 4. THE FALLING INFLECTION is the downward bend or slide of the voice ; as , When are you going home ? The rising inflection carries the voice upward from the gen- eral pitch , and suspends it on the ...
Page 60
... voice falls below the common speaking key . It is used in expressing reverence , awe , sublimity , and tender emotions ; as , 1. ' Tis midnight's holy hour , and silence now Is brooding , like a gentle spirit , o'er The still and ...
... voice falls below the common speaking key . It is used in expressing reverence , awe , sublimity , and tender emotions ; as , 1. ' Tis midnight's holy hour , and silence now Is brooding , like a gentle spirit , o'er The still and ...
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