"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 iv
... Heads of Oral Gymnastics , Inflexion , Expressive Exercises , and Gesture . The Work will now , it is hoped , be found still more worthy of the flattering encomiums it has received from the Press and the Professional Public . EDINBURGH ...
... Heads of Oral Gymnastics , Inflexion , Expressive Exercises , and Gesture . The Work will now , it is hoped , be found still more worthy of the flattering encomiums it has received from the Press and the Professional Public . EDINBURGH ...
Page ix
... 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 Dagger . - Marco Bozzaris XIV . DIRECTIONS ...
... 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 Dagger . - Marco Bozzaris XIV . DIRECTIONS ...
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... head at oratorical refinement in the pulpit , and de- nounce preparatory study of " manner " as " theatrical ? " Are they the eloquent of the Church , the ornaments of their profes- sion . speakers refined by culture , or endowed with ...
... head at oratorical refinement in the pulpit , and de- nounce preparatory study of " manner " as " theatrical ? " Are they the eloquent of the Church , the ornaments of their profes- sion . speakers refined by culture , or endowed with ...
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... head . of course , should be quiescent . A sympathetic motion of the head or eye - brows is a common but offensive ac- companiment to the movements of the voice among un- tutored speakers . [ Exercises on the vocal movements - speaking ...
... head . of course , should be quiescent . A sympathetic motion of the head or eye - brows is a common but offensive ac- companiment to the movements of the voice among un- tutored speakers . [ Exercises on the vocal movements - speaking ...
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... 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 mechanical cause is ...
... 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 mechanical cause is ...
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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