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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... from an impression that such in- struction is not needed . Because we learn to articulate our words and modulate our sentences at first without express instruction , a and because the tones of emotion naturally spring from reality.
... from an impression that such in- struction is not needed . Because we learn to articulate our words and modulate our sentences at first without express instruction , a and because the tones of emotion naturally spring from reality.
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... modulate our sentences and fix their meaning , it must be allowed that , living where the lan- guage is politely spoken ... modulation must grow out of an apprenticeship to literature , if special instruction not at present an essential ...
... modulate our sentences and fix their meaning , it must be allowed that , living where the lan- guage is politely spoken ... modulation must grow out of an apprenticeship to literature , if special instruction not at present an essential ...
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... modulation spontaneously disappear ? A dull pupil finds a conve- nience in it , and even a bright one , whose mind ... modulating sentences for discourse , another for reading and for studied speaking ; the cantus dicendi of the pulpit ...
... modulation spontaneously disappear ? A dull pupil finds a conve- nience in it , and even a bright one , whose mind ... modulating sentences for discourse , another for reading and for studied speaking ; the cantus dicendi of the pulpit ...
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... modulation among the number , are of the utmost importance toward success : only they must seem natural , and not sought for . Now the ex- ternal graces of oratory which we call natural , are in truth nothing but habits ; and how is the ...
... modulation among the number , are of the utmost importance toward success : only they must seem natural , and not sought for . Now the ex- ternal graces of oratory which we call natural , are in truth nothing but habits ; and how is the ...
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... modulation by high- er and nobler excellences ; but assuredly they cannot in general claim praise for excellence of this kind . It may however be true , that , for purposes of practical instruc- tion , Mr. Walker's rules for the slides ...
... modulation by high- er and nobler excellences ; but assuredly they cannot in general claim praise for excellence of this kind . It may however be true , that , for purposes of practical instruc- tion , Mr. Walker's rules for the slides ...
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Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood BREATH CONSONANTS Caius Verres called CHair match clause clouds cohobate common Conclusive Accents Contempt death decemvirs Delight denote downward accent Dread Elocution emphatic accent exercises Exultation fair Falstaff father fear feeling Fenton Firmness follow force friends give Grief hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words italic justice Justice Shallow king letter light looks Lord meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind mingled modulation Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels ophthalmy palatal passions Pity PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds smiling soul speak speaker Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllables theatres of blood thee thing thou thought tion tone tongue trembling triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue VOICE CONSONANTS words youth