60. Terrific Scene at the Great Natural Bridge, Va... Elihu Burritt. 152 80. The Journey of a Day-A Picture of Human Life... Dr. Johnson. 188 81. Indian Summer in New England.. 106. Battle Fields, or Vultures' Shambles.. 108. The Golden Age of New York.. 144. Feelings excited by a Long Voyage-concluded.. 151. The History of Prince Arthur.. .Oliver Wendell Holmes. 65 .Robert Southey. 68 .L. Elizabeth Maclean. 68 George P. Morris. 69 .J. T. Fields. 87 ..James Hogg. 100 47. True Freedom, and How to Gain it.. 56. Love of Country and of Home.. .Eliza Cook. 112 T. Buchanan Read. 120 73. The Study of History-concluded.... 148. From the Tragedy of King John.. 149. From the Tragedy of King John-continued. Miss Edgeworth. 100 Henry Fielding. 194 346 350 .Shakspeare. 387 THE NATIONAL FOURTH READER. PART I. ELOCUTION. ELOCUTION is the delivery of extemporaneous or written SECTION I-ARTICULATION. DEFINITIONS. 1. ARTICULATION is the distinct utterance of the Oral Elements, in syllables and words. 2. ORAL ELEMENTS are the sounds that, uttered sepa- rately or in combination, form syllables and words. 3. ELEMENTS ARE PRODUCED by different positions of the organs of speech, in connection with the voice and 4. THE PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF SPEECH are the lips, teeth, 5. VOICE IS PRODUCED by the action of the breath the larynx.1 6. ELEMENTS ARE DIVIDED into three classes: eighteen 7. TONICS are pure tones produced by the voice, with 8. SUBTONICS are tones produced by the voice, modified 'The larynx is the upper part of the trachea, or windpipe. |