Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and the System of Vocal Culture |
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... soul to per- ception and feeiing , nor to arouse the hearts of others . The following example should be attentively practised with refer- ence to lively and spirited effect . The exercise in " animated " utterance should be ex- tended ...
... soul to per- ception and feeiing , nor to arouse the hearts of others . The following example should be attentively practised with refer- ence to lively and spirited effect . The exercise in " animated " utterance should be ex- tended ...
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... soul . The intense excitement of feeling then demands that volume and force should pre- dominate in expression . Purity of tone must , indeed , even in such cases , be preserved , to constitute that utterance which , while it assumes an ...
... soul . The intense excitement of feeling then demands that volume and force should pre- dominate in expression . Purity of tone must , indeed , even in such cases , be preserved , to constitute that utterance which , while it assumes an ...
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... soul to the feeling of what is read or spoken in the language of grave and sublime emotion . The mere superficial impression of a sentiment , is not adequate to the effects of genuine and inspiring expression . The reader or speaker ...
... soul to the feeling of what is read or spoken in the language of grave and sublime emotion . The mere superficial impression of a sentiment , is not adequate to the effects of genuine and inspiring expression . The reader or speaker ...
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... soul ! O Lord , my God , Thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty ; who coverest thyself with light as with a garment ; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : who layeth the beams of His chambers in the ...
... soul ! O Lord , my God , Thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty ; who coverest thyself with light as with a garment ; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : who layeth the beams of His chambers in the ...
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... soul , unaided by this natural advantage , becomes familiar , low , and trivial . The forcible and manly eloquence of Demosthenes or of Chatham , divested of the full " expulsive " utterance of deep and powerful emotion , would become ...
... soul , unaided by this natural advantage , becomes familiar , low , and trivial . The forcible and manly eloquence of Demosthenes or of Chatham , divested of the full " expulsive " utterance of deep and powerful emotion , would become ...
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abrupt accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality atonic becomes BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest command Coriolanus deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion enunciation error exact exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light lips Low pitch Median stress melody Middle Pitch Moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural notes o'er orotund quality passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged pronunciation prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading render Rush scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic swell syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words