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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... pause be- tween them . Where the elements are duplicated , if they admit of it , one is prolonged as in alleviate - annihilate -immediate . If the element is a mute or necessarily short , there is a perceptible stop to be made after it ...
... pause be- tween them . Where the elements are duplicated , if they admit of it , one is prolonged as in alleviate - annihilate -immediate . If the element is a mute or necessarily short , there is a perceptible stop to be made after it ...
Page 40
... pause upon every vowel , the vowels not being protracted more than is necessary to their simple articulation . Let the mutes k , p , t , be ex- ploded with force upon each vowel . Afterwards let each consonant ( except the mutes ) be ...
... pause upon every vowel , the vowels not being protracted more than is necessary to their simple articulation . Let the mutes k , p , t , be ex- ploded with force upon each vowel . Afterwards let each consonant ( except the mutes ) be ...
Page 56
... pauses as pos- sible to be made between each ; in such case each syllable will have short quantity , the pauses will have short time and the general movement will be in quick time . But the four sounds above mentioned can be greatly ...
... pauses as pos- sible to be made between each ; in such case each syllable will have short quantity , the pauses will have short time and the general movement will be in quick time . But the four sounds above mentioned can be greatly ...
Page 57
... pauses are intentionally lengthened ; that it has short quantity because the syllables either do not admit of extension or are not extended . The pauses in all good delivery bear a proportion to the length of syllables . High on a ...
... pauses are intentionally lengthened ; that it has short quantity because the syllables either do not admit of extension or are not extended . The pauses in all good delivery bear a proportion to the length of syllables . High on a ...
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... pauses . Monotony will be particularly obtrusive at successive pauses , because the ear is invited by them to notice any striking return in the order of the pitch . Such a return frequently takes place where a series of commas suspend ...
... pauses . Monotony will be particularly obtrusive at successive pauses , because the ear is invited by them to notice any striking return in the order of the pitch . Such a return frequently takes place where a series of commas suspend ...
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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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