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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... words following - to wit : " A Grammar ef Elocution , containing the principles of the Arts of Speaking and Reading , illustrated by appropriate exercises and examples , adapted to colleges , schools , and private instruction , the ...
... words following - to wit : " A Grammar ef Elocution , containing the principles of the Arts of Speaking and Reading , illustrated by appropriate exercises and examples , adapted to colleges , schools , and private instruction , the ...
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... or to reading , will show that a good articulation is very uncommon . The attentive listener has to complain , that , letters , words , and , sometimes , considerable portions of sentences , are pro- nounced 2 Articulation,
... or to reading , will show that a good articulation is very uncommon . The attentive listener has to complain , that , letters , words , and , sometimes , considerable portions of sentences , are pro- nounced 2 Articulation,
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... words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of confusion . They should neither be abridged nor prolong- ed , nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be ...
... words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of confusion . They should neither be abridged nor prolong- ed , nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be ...
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... word MAN , it appears to a hearer unaccustomed to a scientific consideration of speech , to be one sound , not capable of division . It is evident to such person that an effort of the organs of utterance has been made , and that such ...
... word MAN , it appears to a hearer unaccustomed to a scientific consideration of speech , to be one sound , not capable of division . It is evident to such person that an effort of the organs of utterance has been made , and that such ...
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... word MAN comes upon his ear as a sin- gle impulse , and is contemplated as a single and indivisi- ble sound . It is not at all to be expected that the person in question , should perceive that there are in this single word three ...
... word MAN comes upon his ear as a sin- gle impulse , and is contemplated as a single and indivisi- ble sound . It is not at all to be expected that the person in question , should perceive that there are in this single word three ...
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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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