"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
... less developed -- arising from struc- tural differences in the organs of speech , from temperament , or from habit . the result of previous training or of previous neglect . These fixed idiosyncrasies and tendencies , mingled with the ...
... less developed -- arising from struc- tural differences in the organs of speech , from temperament , or from habit . the result of previous training or of previous neglect . These fixed idiosyncrasies and tendencies , mingled with the ...
Page xx
... less necessary are at the same time sunk into a comparative obscurity ! " * How awkwardly ambiguous is the reading of those who have no principle to guide them in the selection of emphasis , —the distribution of the light and shade of ...
... less necessary are at the same time sunk into a comparative obscurity ! " * How awkwardly ambiguous is the reading of those who have no principle to guide them in the selection of emphasis , —the distribution of the light and shade of ...
Page xxiii
... less separable than those you join ; And , which imports the same , not to combine Such words together as do not relate So closely as the words you separate . " The subject of Antithesis and the relation of antithesis to em- phasis , is ...
... less separable than those you join ; And , which imports the same , not to combine Such words together as do not relate So closely as the words you separate . " The subject of Antithesis and the relation of antithesis to em- phasis , is ...
Page xxiv
... less true in Elocution than in physics , that the brightest light casts the deep- est shadow . The light of emphasis on any word throws a shade of subordination on all allied words , the darker and more con- cealing in proportion to the ...
... less true in Elocution than in physics , that the brightest light casts the deep- est shadow . The light of emphasis on any word throws a shade of subordination on all allied words , the darker and more con- cealing in proportion to the ...
Page 46
... gaird , saiR- geant , & c . 80. Vowel 8 , as No. 4 ; as in err , serve , person , * This is less a colloquial than an oratorical and especially a Pulpit Scotticism . term , & c .; pronounced ĕhRR , sehrve , 46 VOWEL SCOTTICISMS .
... gaird , saiR- geant , & c . 80. Vowel 8 , as No. 4 ; as in err , serve , person , * This is less a colloquial than an oratorical and especially a Pulpit Scotticism . term , & c .; pronounced ĕhRR , sehrve , 46 VOWEL SCOTTICISMS .
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