"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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... fact , that public speaking is a part of the professional duty of every Clergyman and Advocate , and no unusual part of the social duty of a private citizen ; and that Public Speaking involves two distinct requirements , - -a knowl ...
... fact , that public speaking is a part of the professional duty of every Clergyman and Advocate , and no unusual part of the social duty of a private citizen ; and that Public Speaking involves two distinct requirements , - -a knowl ...
Page xx
... fact unnatural . Inflexion is associated with accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of emphasis form a study of the highest intellectual value , which has been too little investigated ...
... fact unnatural . Inflexion is associated with accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of emphasis form a study of the highest intellectual value , which has been too little investigated ...
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... cannot be sounded by itself , " and as in fact every element of speech may be perfectly sounded alone , we prefer the other- ARTICULATIONS . 55 33 THE ASPIRATE, English irregularities 122 Northern peculiarity-Oratorical 123-124 Silent 125.
... cannot be sounded by itself , " and as in fact every element of speech may be perfectly sounded alone , we prefer the other- ARTICULATIONS . 55 33 THE ASPIRATE, English irregularities 122 Northern peculiarity-Oratorical 123-124 Silent 125.
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... fact . " Include also , —as impersonal pronouns , —the words there and so , when used as in the sentences , there may- there is — there will do so - I say so ; " When a pro- noun is the " antecedent " to a relative , it will be accented ...
... fact . " Include also , —as impersonal pronouns , —the words there and so , when used as in the sentences , there may- there is — there will do so - I say so ; " When a pro- noun is the " antecedent " to a relative , it will be accented ...
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... facts- of our choice of a calling , - our marriage , - our acquisition of an office , - and - the like ; but in a silent - thought- by the wayside - as - we walk ; in a thought - which revises - our entire - manner - of life , - and ...
... facts- of our choice of a calling , - our marriage , - our acquisition of an office , - and - the like ; but in a silent - thought- by the wayside - as - we walk ; in a thought - which revises - our entire - manner - of life , - and ...
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