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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... Vowel Elements , 27 Explosive Power of the Vowel Elements , 28 Of the prolongation of the Vowel Elements , 31 Table of Consonants and Vowels , the consonants being placed first , Table of Vowels and Consonants , vowels placed first ...
... Vowel Elements , 27 Explosive Power of the Vowel Elements , 28 Of the prolongation of the Vowel Elements , 31 Table of Consonants and Vowels , the consonants being placed first , Table of Vowels and Consonants , vowels placed first ...
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... vowels ) forty - six in number . We shall for the present retain their common division into vowels and consonants , and shall first give a table of the vowel elements . Before proceeding to do this I would observe , that I am persuaded ...
... vowels ) forty - six in number . We shall for the present retain their common division into vowels and consonants , and shall first give a table of the vowel elements . Before proceeding to do this I would observe , that I am persuaded ...
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... pre- parative for a distinct and forcible pronunciation in the compounds of speech . " - Philosophy of the Human Voice , Sect . 47 , p . 461 . TABLE OF THE VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 20 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
... pre- parative for a distinct and forcible pronunciation in the compounds of speech . " - Philosophy of the Human Voice , Sect . 47 , p . 461 . TABLE OF THE VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 20 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
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... VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . The same It is to be particularly noticed , that , in using this table , the attention is to be directed to the Elementary ... VOWEL ELEMENTS . 21 Table of the Vowel Elements of the English language,
... VOWEL ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . The same It is to be particularly noticed , that , in using this table , the attention is to be directed to the Elementary ... VOWEL ELEMENTS . 21 Table of the Vowel Elements of the English language,
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... Vowels . 1 b 2d as heard in 16 - ow lor - b d - are ai - d 3f f - ame i - f 4g 5 h 6i 7k * 81 g - ave fa - g h - orse ... vowel or consonant . It will be useless there- fore to attempt to sound them alone . as heard in 19x 20x ( aspirate ) ...
... Vowels . 1 b 2d as heard in 16 - ow lor - b d - are ai - d 3f f - ame i - f 4g 5 h 6i 7k * 81 g - ave fa - g h - orse ... vowel or consonant . It will be useless there- fore to attempt to sound them alone . as heard in 19x 20x ( aspirate ) ...
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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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