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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... expressing emotion , 177 Drift of Voice , 181 Faults of Delivery , 186 Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- 194 lic speaker , • Directions to the Exercises , 194 197 ...
... expressing emotion , 177 Drift of Voice , 181 Faults of Delivery , 186 Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- 194 lic speaker , • Directions to the Exercises , 194 197 ...
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... dies away in silence . Table of those Vowel Sounds which can be protracted in utterance without changing their natural expression . 1 a as in a - we . 2 a 3 a - ge . a - rm . 4 O o - ld . 36 5 ou as in ee 7 00 8 oi 32 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
... dies away in silence . Table of those Vowel Sounds which can be protracted in utterance without changing their natural expression . 1 a as in a - we . 2 a 3 a - ge . a - rm . 4 O o - ld . 36 5 ou as in ee 7 00 8 oi 32 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
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... expression to the words or sylla- bles which they thus terminate . TABLE . as in or - b . d ai - d . a - ll . ar - m . 5 m 6 7 8 1234 SOTB σ ng r Ow - n . so - ng . wa - r . sa ra . ama - z - e . When two elements having the same sound ...
... expression to the words or sylla- bles which they thus terminate . TABLE . as in or - b . d ai - d . a - ll . ar - m . 5 m 6 7 8 1234 SOTB σ ng r Ow - n . so - ng . wa - r . sa ra . ama - z - e . When two elements having the same sound ...
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... 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 with comparative fullness and to lessen constantly in its volume till ...
... 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 with comparative fullness and to lessen constantly in its volume till ...
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... expression they convey . 1. RISING SLIDE . It is not absolutely necessary to be acquainted with music in order to determine the nature of the slides used in speech or to be able to apply them correctly in discourse . Let the following ...
... expression they convey . 1. RISING SLIDE . It is not absolutely necessary to be acquainted with music in order to determine the nature of the slides used in speech or to be able to apply them correctly in discourse . Let the following ...
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accented 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 ligion long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire 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 termination thee thine thing third thou art thought tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ