Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse ; the Elements of Elocution Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons ; with Observations on the Principles of Gesture ; and a Selection of Exercises in Reading and SpeakingWarren F. Draper, 1861 - 413 pages |
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Page 135
... glottis , and the vocal ligaments , as well as the bronchial tubes and the air - cells of the lungs , it generates what musicians designate as " impure tone , " that imperfectly vocalized sound , which bespeaks a mode of forming the ...
... glottis , and the vocal ligaments , as well as the bronchial tubes and the air - cells of the lungs , it generates what musicians designate as " impure tone , " that imperfectly vocalized sound , which bespeaks a mode of forming the ...
Page 168
... glottis freely opened , and all the circumjacent parts of the throat and mouth well expanded . An ample laryngial " effect is thus produced : to this effect the techni- cal term " orotund " is applied . Sec Orthophony . practice should ...
... glottis freely opened , and all the circumjacent parts of the throat and mouth well expanded . An ample laryngial " effect is thus produced : to this effect the techni- cal term " orotund " is applied . Sec Orthophony . practice should ...
Page 196
... glottis , insepar- able from their formation , is necessarily attended by resonance in the chest , as may be observed in the act of singing deep - toned bass strains . Or holds He furious storms in straitened , reins , 196 PULPIT ELOCUTION ...
... glottis , insepar- able from their formation , is necessarily attended by resonance in the chest , as may be observed in the act of singing deep - toned bass strains . Or holds He furious storms in straitened , reins , 196 PULPIT ELOCUTION ...
Page 355
... glottis . A stooping , or lounging , or bent attitude causes a partial sinking and narrowing of the chest , an unnatural and in- jurious position of the whole breathing and vocal appara- tus , attended by a stifled and imperfect sound ...
... glottis . A stooping , or lounging , or bent attitude causes a partial sinking and narrowing of the chest , an unnatural and in- jurious position of the whole breathing and vocal appara- tus , attended by a stifled and imperfect sound ...
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Page 169 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her...
Page 248 - Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye Sons of Light, Angels — for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing — ye in heaven; On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
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Page 214 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
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