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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... his turn , from the table . Afterwards the whole class should sound them together in concert ; the teacher requiring ... two things the sounds by which they are themselves named ; and also the real elementary sounds which enter into the ...
... his turn , from the table . Afterwards the whole class should sound them together in concert ; the teacher requiring ... two things the sounds by which they are themselves named ; and also the real elementary sounds which enter into the ...
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... two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action of the organs of speech , is such as to present the two sounds in coa- lescence . A as in a - we ...
... two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action of the organs of speech , is such as to present the two sounds in coa- lescence . A as in a - we ...
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... them with effect , he may be as- sured he has obtained a mastery over one of the most important uses of his voice , as respects articulation , as well as other points of the art . When a class is to be exercised , each individual should ...
... them with effect , he may be as- sured he has obtained a mastery over one of the most important uses of his voice , as respects articulation , as well as other points of the art . When a class is to be exercised , each individual should ...
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... them percussive force . Many of them can be lengthened in pronunciation , to any desirable extent without altering their distinguishing and appropriate sounds , and with an increase of their beauty and expres- siveness . In prolonging ...
... them percussive force . Many of them can be lengthened in pronunciation , to any desirable extent without altering their distinguishing and appropriate sounds , and with an increase of their beauty and expres- siveness . In prolonging ...
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... into silence . This full opening and final vanish are essential to the preservation of pure speech . The prolongation of the alphabetic ele- ments is an exhibition of quantity in its most elementary state , as their explosion is of ...
... into silence . This full opening and final vanish are essential to the preservation of pure speech . The prolongation of the alphabetic ele- ments is an exhibition of quantity in its most elementary state , as their explosion is of ...
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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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