"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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Page ix
... body on which the hands may be placed The head and face X. ORDER OF SYMBOLIC ARRANGEMENT XI . RECAPITULATIVE TABLE OF THE SINGLE SYMBOLIC LETTERS XII . APPLICATION OF THE NOTATION OF GES- TURE • • XIII . ILLUSTRATIONS Macbeth to the ...
... body on which the hands may be placed The head and face X. ORDER OF SYMBOLIC ARRANGEMENT XI . RECAPITULATIVE TABLE OF THE SINGLE SYMBOLIC LETTERS XII . APPLICATION OF THE NOTATION OF GES- TURE • • XIII . ILLUSTRATIONS Macbeth to the ...
Page xxv
... body of the Work for a full development of Principles . Enough has been said here to prove that Elocutionary Art is something more than merely imitative ; that it has more intellectual exercises than the sentimental de- clamations ...
... body of the Work for a full development of Principles . Enough has been said here to prove that Elocutionary Art is something more than merely imitative ; that it has more intellectual exercises than the sentimental de- clamations ...
Page 34
... 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 mechanical cause is a ...
... 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 mechanical cause is a ...
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... body , nobody , & c .; pronounced buddy , nobuddy , & c . - 83. Vowel 11 , as No. 12 ( monophthong ) as in four , door , sore , glory , story , & c .; pronounced fōh - R , dōh - R , glōhry , & c . Vowel 11 , as No. 10 ; as in force ...
... body , nobody , & c .; pronounced buddy , nobuddy , & c . - 83. Vowel 11 , as No. 12 ( monophthong ) as in four , door , sore , glory , story , & c .; pronounced fōh - R , dōh - R , glōhry , & c . Vowel 11 , as No. 10 ; as in force ...
Page 95
... body , but religion gives wings to the soul . Philosophy may enable us to look down on the earth with contempt , but religion teaches us to look up to heaven with hope . Philosophy may support to the brink of the grave . but religion ...
... body , but religion gives wings to the soul . Philosophy may enable us to look down on the earth with contempt , but religion teaches us to look up to heaven with hope . Philosophy may support to the brink of the grave . but religion ...
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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