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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... discourse of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as reveal- ing to us the Ultima Thule of their researches . But they endeavored to compensate by practice , for their deficiency in principles . The Greeks , especially ...
... discourse of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as reveal- ing to us the Ultima Thule of their researches . But they endeavored to compensate by practice , for their deficiency in principles . The Greeks , especially ...
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... discourse , the articulation of such a discourse must be faultless . I should feel asha- med of urging such plain matters of fact , were it not for our extraordinary ignorance on the subject . I never yet pronounced the vocal elements ...
... discourse , the articulation of such a discourse must be faultless . I should feel asha- med of urging such plain matters of fact , were it not for our extraordinary ignorance on the subject . I never yet pronounced the vocal elements ...
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... discourse in the fullest manner , and with the greatest possible gratification to the ear . Each of these properties of the voice , ( except ab- ruptness , ) is exerted more or less in the utterance of every element or syllable . Every ...
... discourse in the fullest manner , and with the greatest possible gratification to the ear . Each of these properties of the voice , ( except ab- ruptness , ) is exerted more or less in the utterance of every element or syllable . Every ...
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... discourse , and both are inseparable from it . Discrete sounds consist of a series of skips . These are made by omitting the concrete or sliding movement previously described , produced by the motion of the finger . T T STT TST TST ...
... discourse , and both are inseparable from it . Discrete sounds consist of a series of skips . These are made by omitting the concrete or sliding movement previously described , produced by the motion of the finger . T T STT TST TST ...
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... discourse . Let the following sentence be uttered in a very deliberate manner , and with a perfectly distinct enunciation . " As soon as I arrived , he conducted me to his house . " Let particular attention be given to the sound of the ...
... discourse . Let the following sentence be uttered in a very deliberate manner , and with a perfectly distinct enunciation . " As soon as I arrived , he conducted me to his house . " Let particular attention be given to the sound of 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 hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light 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 racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall 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 tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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