Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery: As Applied to Reading and Speaking |
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... ACTION 138 · • • 144 PART . I. Principles of Rhetorical Action 146 SECT . 1 . Action as significant from nature 146 Expression of countenance 146 Attitude and mien 148 SECT . 2 . Action considered as significant from custom 151 PART II ...
... ACTION 138 · • • 144 PART . I. Principles of Rhetorical Action 146 SECT . 1 . Action as significant from nature 146 Expression of countenance 146 Attitude and mien 148 SECT . 2 . Action considered as significant from custom 151 PART II ...
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... action higher powers . It is not applicable to a composi- tion destitute of emotion , for it supposes feeling . It does not barely express the thoughts of an author , but express- es them with the force , variety , and beauty , which ...
... action higher powers . It is not applicable to a composi- tion destitute of emotion , for it supposes feeling . It does not barely express the thoughts of an author , but express- es them with the force , variety , and beauty , which ...
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... ACTION . I premise here , once for all , that I employ terms ac- cording to the best modern use , with as little as possible of technical abstractness . Elocution , which anciently em- braced style , and the whole art of rhetoric , now ...
... ACTION . I premise here , once for all , that I employ terms ac- cording to the best modern use , with as little as possible of technical abstractness . Elocution , which anciently em- braced style , and the whole art of rhetoric , now ...
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... action of the mind imparts a correspondent character to the action of the vocal organs , and makes speech only a succession of indolent , half - formed sounds , more resembling the mut- tering of a dream than the clear articulation ...
... action of the mind imparts a correspondent character to the action of the vocal organs , and makes speech only a succession of indolent , half - formed sounds , more resembling the mut- tering of a dream than the clear articulation ...
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... action to the organs of speech . The process of cure in such a case , must begin with such attention to bodily health , as will give firmness to the ner- subject of curiosity . The judge explained it by saying , that his vocal powers ...
... action to the organs of speech . The process of cure in such a case , must begin with such attention to bodily health , as will give firmness to the ner- subject of curiosity . The judge explained it by saying , that his vocal powers ...
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accent action affirmation Ahimaaz answer antithetic arms art thou articulation behold cadence Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex clause common commonly death delivery denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling gesture give gospel grave habits hand hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven Iago imitation imperative mood important Jesus Julius Cæsar king language Lord loud Macd manner mark meaning mind modulation never o'er open vowels orator pain palms united passion pause phatic pitch poetry preacher principle proper psalms public speaker question reader reading reason remarks requires respect rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule SECT sense sentence sentiment soul sound speak spirit spoken syllable taste Tell thee thine things thou thought tion tones turn unto utterance variety vocal vowels Walker
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