"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 viii
... HAND AND ARM IN MOTION 216 Diagrams 37-38 VI . APPLICATION OF GESTURE 218 Directive gestures .-- their pictorial arrangement 44-47 Illustrative gestures 48-49 Emotive gestures 50 Colloquial gestures 52 VII . EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF ...
... HAND AND ARM IN MOTION 216 Diagrams 37-38 VI . APPLICATION OF GESTURE 218 Directive gestures .-- their pictorial arrangement 44-47 Illustrative gestures 48-49 Emotive gestures 50 Colloquial gestures 52 VII . EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF ...
Page ix
... hands · Parts of 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 ...
... hands · Parts of 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 ...
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... hand of man has fashioned , it surely must when properly handled , be " easier to be played on than a pipe ! " 17. There is an important point of difference , however , between the human speaking machine and artificial wind instruments ...
... hand of man has fashioned , it surely must when properly handled , be " easier to be played on than a pipe ! " 17. There is an important point of difference , however , between the human speaking machine and artificial wind instruments ...
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... hand , holding them nearly to the middle joints in the right hand , and forcing the breath between their moistened edges . The aperture thus obtained between the fingers , from the knuckles to the next joints , is of about the same size ...
... hand , holding them nearly to the middle joints in the right hand , and forcing the breath between their moistened edges . The aperture thus obtained between the fingers , from the knuckles to the next joints , is of about the same size ...
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... hand , laying the fingers of the left hand on the right cheek , and slowly bringing the whole hand across the mouth : the vowel quality of the sound will be changed with every diminution of the oral aperture , progressively becoming uh ...
... hand , laying the fingers of the left hand on the right cheek , and slowly bringing the whole hand across the mouth : the vowel quality of the sound will be changed with every diminution of the oral aperture , progressively becoming uh ...
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Common terms and phrases
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