"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 xv
... latter . Each pupil , too , has his own pe- culiarities , already more or less developed -- arising from struc- tural differences in the organs of speech , from temperament , or from habit . the result of previous training or of ...
... latter . Each pupil , too , has his own pe- culiarities , already more or less developed -- arising from struc- tural differences in the organs of speech , from temperament , or from habit . the result of previous training or of ...
Page xvi
... latter are cumbersome in num- ber , limited in application to certain forms of grammatical con- struction , and very far from obvious in their use . Some principle must be involved in every rule . Rules are but logical deductions from ...
... latter are cumbersome in num- ber , limited in application to certain forms of grammatical con- struction , and very far from obvious in their use . Some principle must be involved in every rule . Rules are but logical deductions from ...
Page xvii
... latter department was the one most sedulously cultivated , as being that on which all the rest depended for successful exhibi- tion . Hoary hairs were considered indispensable to the consum- mate orator , that his manner might be duly ...
... latter department was the one most sedulously cultivated , as being that on which all the rest depended for successful exhibi- tion . Hoary hairs were considered indispensable to the consum- mate orator , that his manner might be duly ...
Page xx
... latter result only ; one which is neither de- sirable nor strictly possible . - which is in fact unnatural . Inflexion is associated with accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of ...
... latter result only ; one which is neither de- sirable nor strictly possible . - which is in fact unnatural . Inflexion is associated with accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of ...
Page 29
... latter is the cor- rect mode of vocal expiration ; the former is exhausting and often injurious in its consequences . 14. Too much importance cannot be attached to the formation of a habit of easy respiration . The walls of the chest ...
... latter is the cor- rect mode of vocal expiration ; the former is exhausting and often injurious in its consequences . 14. Too much importance cannot be attached to the formation of a habit of easy respiration . The walls of the chest ...
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