Orthopony; Or the Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice,"W.D. Ticknor & Company, 1849 |
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... reading or speaking in public . The plan adopted , in arranging the subsequent exercises , pre- sents the various departments of elocution in the following order : 11. The function of BREATHING , as a preliminary to 1 *
... reading or speaking in public . The plan adopted , in arranging the subsequent exercises , pre- sents the various departments of elocution in the following order : 11. The function of BREATHING , as a preliminary to 1 *
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... reading of verse . The full discussion and practice of these branches , are reserved for a separate course of study , as prescribed in the " American Elocution- ist , " to which the present manual is intended as an introduction . In ...
... reading of verse . The full discussion and practice of these branches , are reserved for a separate course of study , as prescribed in the " American Elocution- ist , " to which the present manual is intended as an introduction . In ...
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... reader or speaker has all the advantages of the culti vated singer , as regards the true and effective use of his organs . The preparatory training and discipline of the voice , for the pur- poses of reading , recitation , and ...
... reader or speaker has all the advantages of the culti vated singer , as regards the true and effective use of his organs . The preparatory training and discipline of the voice , for the pur- poses of reading , recitation , and ...
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... reading or speaking . The daily practice of vocal exercises , is the only effectual means of invigorating the organic system , or correcting faults of habit in utterance , and the surest means , at the same time , of fortifying the ...
... reading or speaking . The daily practice of vocal exercises , is the only effectual means of invigorating the organic system , or correcting faults of habit in utterance , and the surest means , at the same time , of fortifying the ...
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... reading and speaking from private communication . The latter occupies but little space , and needs but a slight effort of attention or of will , to effect it : the former implies large space , and correspondent voluntary exertion of the ...
... reading and speaking from private communication . The latter occupies but little space , and needs but a slight effort of attention or of will , to effect it : the former implies large space , and correspondent voluntary exertion of the ...
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accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exemplified exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch marked Median stress melody Metre Middle pitch Moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural notes o'er octave orotund quality orthophony passages passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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Page 258 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet 1 — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains...
Page 198 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed ; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all...
Page 266 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 116 - ... well, Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
Page 125 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 251 - Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen, Satyrs and Sylvan boys, were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green. Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear, And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 293 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet, entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's...
Page 287 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come!" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Page 269 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 87 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.