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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... Greek and Roman speakers , was , withal , eminently practical . They did not employ it for me- * Fountains of Philosophy , from which these things are de- rived . retricious display , or empty declamation , but as an 4 PREFACE.-
... Greek and Roman speakers , was , withal , eminently practical . They did not employ it for me- * Fountains of Philosophy , from which these things are de- rived . retricious display , or empty declamation , but as an 4 PREFACE.-
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... employed , Analysis of written language , Improvement of the voice , • Of the application of the vocal elements in expressing emotion , Drift of Voice , Faults of Delivery , 122 123 123 125 144 156 160 170 177 181 186 194 Prevalent ...
... employed , Analysis of written language , Improvement of the voice , • Of the application of the vocal elements in expressing emotion , Drift of Voice , Faults of Delivery , 122 123 123 125 144 156 160 170 177 181 186 194 Prevalent ...
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... employing Indians to fight 216 220 224 228 The Rose , -Cowper , Parable of the Prodigal Son , The 139th Psalm , Procrastination - YOUNG , 227 228 231 · 232 Extract from the Task - CowPER , Milton's Sonnet to Cyriac Skinner , 233 * 240 ...
... employing Indians to fight 216 220 224 228 The Rose , -Cowper , Parable of the Prodigal Son , The 139th Psalm , Procrastination - YOUNG , 227 228 231 · 232 Extract from the Task - CowPER , Milton's Sonnet to Cyriac Skinner , 233 * 240 ...
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... employed to show the consonant element at its beginning , and another to show the same element at its termination . The Element is distinguished from the other parts of the word in the same manner as in the preceding Table of Vowels . 1 ...
... employed to show the consonant element at its beginning , and another to show the same element at its termination . The Element is distinguished from the other parts of the word in the same manner as in the preceding Table of Vowels . 1 ...
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... employed in spelling : no letter being admitted into a word which is not actually sounded . As one letter is now often employed to indicate entirely different sounds , and several letters sometimes stand for a single sound , we must be ...
... employed in spelling : no letter being admitted into a word which is not actually sounded . As one letter is now often employed to indicate entirely different sounds , and several letters sometimes stand for a single sound , we must be ...
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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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