"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional ExpressionJ. P. Burbank, 1878 - 243 pages |
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... action First mode - Three points of contact Nasal elements Second and third modes General scheme of articulations ... actions ' .. Exercises on words and sentences 179-180 181 XXIII . ACCENT OR SYLLABIC STRESS 70 Table of accents 185 ...
... action First mode - Three points of contact Nasal elements Second and third modes General scheme of articulations ... actions ' .. Exercises on words and sentences 179-180 181 XXIII . ACCENT OR SYLLABIC STRESS 70 Table of accents 185 ...
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... Actions 118 Apprehension 169 Admiration 166 Assumed Bluntness 169 Admonition to Consistency 166 Authority . 169 A Dream 167 Avarice 120 Advice 167 Avaricious Age 170 Affection 167 Beauty 120 , 170 Affectionate Remembrance 168 ...
... Actions 118 Apprehension 169 Admiration 166 Assumed Bluntness 169 Admonition to Consistency 166 Authority . 169 A Dream 167 Avarice 120 Advice 167 Avaricious Age 170 Affection 167 Beauty 120 , 170 Affectionate Remembrance 168 ...
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... action . Constant thinking of inflec- tion proves fatal to reflection . What a student chiefly requires to know , is how to vary his voice ; if his own judgement and appreciation of the sense , in connection with defined principles . do ...
... action . Constant thinking of inflec- tion proves fatal to reflection . What a student chiefly requires to know , is how to vary his voice ; if his own judgement and appreciation of the sense , in connection with defined principles . do ...
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... action in closing or opening the passage to the lungs may be felt in coughing . The effort that precedes the cough shuts the glottis , by contact of its edges ; and the explosive ejection of breath in the cough arises from the sudden ...
... action in closing or opening the passage to the lungs may be felt in coughing . The effort that precedes the cough shuts the glottis , by contact of its edges ; and the explosive ejection of breath in the cough arises from the sudden ...
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... action of the head or body . Thus : oo , & c . e , a , ah , aw , 0 , 00 , 31. A huskiness of voice may be the result of diffi- dence , of disease , or of over - vocal exertion . With the first and last of these we have to do . The ...
... action of the head or body . Thus : oo , & c . e , a , ah , aw , 0 , 00 , 31. A huskiness of voice may be the result of diffi- dence , of disease , or of over - vocal exertion . With the first and last of these we have to do . The ...
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accented syllable action adverb antithesis articulation blood body brave breath Brutus Cæsar clause compound dead death Diphthong doth earth effect Elocution emphasis emphatic exercise expressive fall fear feel fool gesture give glottis grammatical grief hand happy hath head heart heaven honour house of York idea imitative implied inflexion labial larynx letters light lingual lips look lord marked mind modulation monophthong motion motley fool mouth nature never night notation nounced o'er P. J. Bailey passion pause phatic pitch poor predicate principle pronounced pronunciation reading rising Scotch sense sentence separate Shakespeare smile soft palate sorrow soul speak speaker spirit syllables tears tence thee thine things thou thought tion tones tongue unaccented unemphatic utterance verb Visible Speech vocal voice vowel sound W. E. Aytoun weep wind words wretched