The Art of Elocution, Or, Logical and Musical Reading and Declamation: With an Appendix, Containing a Copious Practice in Oratorical, Poetical, and Dramatic Reading and Recitation ; the Whole Forming a Complete Speaker, Well Adapted to Private Pupils, Classes, and the Use of Schools |
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... common sense , as to excite wonder at the possibility of any rational being falling into so absurd an error . And the same pupil , if called upon to mark to the eye the correct reading of the above sentence , could imme- diately do it ...
... common sense , as to excite wonder at the possibility of any rational being falling into so absurd an error . And the same pupil , if called upon to mark to the eye the correct reading of the above sentence , could imme- diately do it ...
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... common sense as the sufficient and only safe guide in reasoning . " ( This is exactly what the reverend Doctor himself does in the case of Elocution , —and therefore let him give the coup de grace to his own position . ) " Now , by common ...
... common sense as the sufficient and only safe guide in reasoning . " ( This is exactly what the reverend Doctor himself does in the case of Elocution , —and therefore let him give the coup de grace to his own position . ) " Now , by common ...
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... common sense in the treatment of diseases . Neither , again , would the architect recom- mend a reliance on common sense alone in building , nor the musician in music , to the neglect of those systems of rules , which , in their ...
... common sense in the treatment of diseases . Neither , again , would the architect recom- mend a reliance on common sense alone in building , nor the musician in music , to the neglect of those systems of rules , which , in their ...
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... common sense , ) to suggest spontaneously the proper emphases and tones " ! I am contented that the learned prelate's doctrine should be adjudged on his own arguments , and that his objections to a system of Elocution ( which he does ...
... common sense , ) to suggest spontaneously the proper emphases and tones " ! I am contented that the learned prelate's doctrine should be adjudged on his own arguments , and that his objections to a system of Elocution ( which he does ...
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... common words : A - ll , a - rm , a - t , a - le , e - ve , e - nd , i - n , i - sle , o - ld , o - n , d - o , u - s , union , in which the sign A , alone , represents four distinct sounds . And there are many consonant sounds which are ...
... common words : A - ll , a - rm , a - t , a - le , e - ve , e - nd , i - n , i - sle , o - ld , o - n , d - o , u - s , union , in which the sign A , alone , represents four distinct sounds . And there are many consonant sounds which are ...
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accelerando accented Adrastus antithesis arms beauty blood breath brow Brutus burst Cæsar called Cassius cataphracts character Christian compound inflections dark death deep delivery diphthongal doth ducats earth Elocution emphasis of force emphasis of sense EXAMPLES exercise expression eyes falling inflection feeling gesture give Godfrey of Bouillon grace hand Harfleur hath heart heaven high pitch honor hope human voice Intonation king language legato light live Lochinvar Lord maestoso marked MEDON melody mercy middle pitch mind nature Netherby never night o'er parenthesis passage passion pause phatic pity presto pronominal phrase prose prosodial prosodians reading rest rhythm rising inflection Roche rule sentence Shaks Shylock sight solemn soul sound speak speaker speech spirit staccato style sweet swell syllables tears thee thought tion tone tonic utterance Venice verse waves weep word