"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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... Grave Vegetation 163 The Secret of Content Vengeance 207 Thoughts . Virtue . 97 , 207 Thought and Deed Virtuous Promptitude . 97 Threatened Revenge Voices of the Night 97 Ties of Love War 84 , * 97 Time To the Butterfly True Courage ...
... Grave Vegetation 163 The Secret of Content Vengeance 207 Thoughts . Virtue . 97 , 207 Thought and Deed Virtuous Promptitude . 97 Threatened Revenge Voices of the Night 97 Ties of Love War 84 , * 97 Time To the Butterfly True Courage ...
Page 33
... grave sounds , and contraction , acute sounds : slackness of its edges causes huskiness or whisper . and tension gives clearness , and purity of tone . A know- ledge of these principles should assist the speaker in cor- recting habits ...
... grave sounds , and contraction , acute sounds : slackness of its edges causes huskiness or whisper . and tension gives clearness , and purity of tone . A know- ledge of these principles should assist the speaker in cor- recting habits ...
Page 68
... graves , bathes ; helm - bulbed ; -12bulbs , builds , bilge , lands , finds , fringe delved , bronzed ; " shelves ; -helmed ; - films ; -judged ; —1bilged , changed . 13 - 178. Mixed Articulations . ' Breadth ; - stabb'st , add'st ...
... graves , bathes ; helm - bulbed ; -12bulbs , builds , bilge , lands , finds , fringe delved , bronzed ; " shelves ; -helmed ; - films ; -judged ; —1bilged , changed . 13 - 178. Mixed Articulations . ' Breadth ; - stabb'st , add'st ...
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... hope . Philosophy may support to the brink of the grave . but religion conducts beyond it . Philosophy unfolds a rich store of enjoyment , which religion makes eternal . SADNESS OF NIGHT.- Young . How , like a widow VERBAL GROUPING . 95.
... hope . Philosophy may support to the brink of the grave . but religion conducts beyond it . Philosophy unfolds a rich store of enjoyment , which religion makes eternal . SADNESS OF NIGHT.- Young . How , like a widow VERBAL GROUPING . 95.
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... GRAVE.- Blair . When self - esteem , or others ' adulation , Would cunningly persuade us we were something Above the common level of our kind , The grave gainsays the smooth - complexion'd flattery , And with blunt truth acquaints us ...
... GRAVE.- Blair . When self - esteem , or others ' adulation , Would cunningly persuade us we were something Above the common level of our kind , The grave gainsays the smooth - complexion'd flattery , And with blunt truth acquaints us ...
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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