A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ; Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private Learners |
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... Fifth , it will teach him the principles on which these elements are to be employed the most successfully for the purposes just named . Sixth , it will give him such a familiarity with these ele- ments , and such a command of all his ...
... Fifth , it will teach him the principles on which these elements are to be employed the most successfully for the purposes just named . Sixth , it will give him such a familiarity with these ele- ments , and such a command of all his ...
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... fifth ; and the other vowels , each two or more . * There * Where the same character is used in the following tables to re- present different elementary sounds , we shall distinguish it , for the sake of future reference , by the marks ...
... fifth ; and the other vowels , each two or more . * There * Where the same character is used in the following tables to re- present different elementary sounds , we shall distinguish it , for the sake of future reference , by the marks ...
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... fifth , the sixth , the seventh and the eighth or octave ; and this irrespective of the point assumed on the scale as the keynote . Compass of voice , or the power to rise and fall at plea- sure through a wide scale , is of great ...
... fifth , the sixth , the seventh and the eighth or octave ; and this irrespective of the point assumed on the scale as the keynote . Compass of voice , or the power to rise and fall at plea- sure through a wide scale , is of great ...
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... fifth , and of the octave ; all of which , except the first , may be represented by the aid of the musical scale . Third . * Called in our old books on Elocution rising and falling Inflections . Octave . 1. The slide of a Semitone ...
... fifth , and of the octave ; all of which , except the first , may be represented by the aid of the musical scale . Third . * Called in our old books on Elocution rising and falling Inflections . Octave . 1. The slide of a Semitone ...
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... Fifth , and Octave . - Exercise on these several functions of speech , after the extent of each shall be determined , is peculiarly important ; and the ex- ercise may extend to both the upward and downward movements . The upward ...
... Fifth , and Octave . - Exercise on these several functions of speech , after the extent of each shall be determined , is peculiarly important ; and the ex- ercise may extend to both the upward and downward movements . The upward ...
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accent action advance appear applied attempt become body called character close combined command concrete consists consonants constitute Continued delivery direct discourse distinct downward effect elements elocution emphasis emphatic employed entirely equal examples exercise exhibit expression extended eyes fall feeling fifth fingers foot force gesture give given grace hand head heard illustrate important interval kind king language learner less manner marked melody mind move movement nature never object occur orator oratory pass passions perfect pitch position practice presented principles produced pronounced pronunciation quantity question radical reading reference regard remark Represent require rising rules sentence sentiment short single slide sometimes sound speaker speaking speech stress successive syllables Table taste thee thing third thou thought tion tones Unaccented utterance Vanishing vocal voice vowel wave
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