The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good DeliveryJ. Richardson, 1826 - 213 pages |
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... never gets above or below one musical key , but one which is incapable of taking a sufficient compass in its in- flections . As to rhythmus , lists of unconnected words , in pro- nouncing which there can be no danger of sacrificing ...
... never gets above or below one musical key , but one which is incapable of taking a sufficient compass in its in- flections . As to rhythmus , lists of unconnected words , in pro- nouncing which there can be no danger of sacrificing ...
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... weather whether . a - wight well - versed - in - waggery . give - me - free - air or - i - soon - shall - swoon . he - wooed - a - woman who - would - never - wed . y . This letter also denotes a consonant when it ARTICULATION . 9.
... weather whether . a - wight well - versed - in - waggery . give - me - free - air or - i - soon - shall - swoon . he - wooed - a - woman who - would - never - wed . y . This letter also denotes a consonant when it ARTICULATION . 9.
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... never commences an English word , but in French the letter j , and also g , if e or i follow , denote the sound ; as in jambe , géant . They are frequently denoted in English by s and z , but they must never be confounded with the ...
... never commences an English word , but in French the letter j , and also g , if e or i follow , denote the sound ; as in jambe , géant . They are frequently denoted in English by s and z , but they must never be confounded with the ...
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... never seek to correct it , unless reminded by others of its inanity and ab- surdity ; though even such warning may never occur ,
... never seek to correct it , unless reminded by others of its inanity and ab- surdity ; though even such warning may never occur ,
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... never attract attention and praise ; and the power of modulating the voice in unison with the structure and meaning of sentences , in reading as well as in speaking , must be acquired , as an indispensable step toward proficiency in the ...
... never attract attention and praise ; and the power of modulating the voice in unison with the structure and meaning of sentences , in reading as well as in speaking , must be acquired , as an indispensable step toward proficiency in the ...
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Abraham Slender Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood breath Cæsar called clause clouds cohobate Conclusive Accents consonant coward Delight denote Disjunctive Accents downward accent dread ELOCUTION emphatic accent emphatic modulation extempo Exultation fair Falstaff father feeling Fenton force give hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words Justice Shallow letter live looks màn mány mark mastiff meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind Modulative Accents Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels palatal passions Pity plain modulation PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader reading relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds slides Solemnity soul speak speaker Spithridates Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllable tale of tale tences thee thing thou thought Tom Long tone triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue voice VOICE CONSONANTS words youth
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