A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...The author, 1841 - 364 pages |
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... require much training to enable them to perform their functions properly , the pupil should repeat the same exercise till he can articu- late every element , and give to each syllable the pitch , force , and time which the sentiment ...
... require much training to enable them to perform their functions properly , the pupil should repeat the same exercise till he can articu- late every element , and give to each syllable the pitch , force , and time which the sentiment ...
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... require daily exercise to develope their powers , and maintain them in a vigorous and healthy condition . The truth of this remark is manifest from constant observation and experience - those who lead active , bustling lives , conjoined ...
... require daily exercise to develope their powers , and maintain them in a vigorous and healthy condition . The truth of this remark is manifest from constant observation and experience - those who lead active , bustling lives , conjoined ...
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... requiring the same posture of the mouth , which the vowel itself requires . K is formed by pressing the root of the tongue against the curtain of the palate , and then aspirating the 3 ARTICULATION . 25.
... requiring the same posture of the mouth , which the vowel itself requires . K is formed by pressing the root of the tongue against the curtain of the palate , and then aspirating the 3 ARTICULATION . 25.
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... requires the same posture of the mouth that the vowel å requires . That hu and wh are not identical , may be proved by pronounc- ing , alternately , the words hoom and whoom , and observing the contrast between them . * Although of no ...
... requires the same posture of the mouth that the vowel å requires . That hu and wh are not identical , may be proved by pronounc- ing , alternately , the words hoom and whoom , and observing the contrast between them . * Although of no ...
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... requires a variety of treatment . And , as the treatment is medico - elocutional , he who would apply it successfully , must unite the skill of the elocu- tionist with that of the physician . The idea that non- medical men are capable ...
... requires a variety of treatment . And , as the treatment is medico - elocutional , he who would apply it successfully , must unite the skill of the elocu- tionist with that of the physician . The idea that non- medical men are capable ...
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