"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 xi
... Mind 187 Manliness . 198 Ludicrous Distress * 132 Reproach with Stupidity Macbeth to the Dagger 236 and Inconstancy 198 Malicious Revenge * 188 Reproof of Servility 199 Man 162 Results 135 • Marco Bozzaris . 238 Revelation 88 * Martyrs ...
... Mind 187 Manliness . 198 Ludicrous Distress * 132 Reproach with Stupidity Macbeth to the Dagger 236 and Inconstancy 198 Malicious Revenge * 188 Reproof of Servility 199 Man 162 Results 135 • Marco Bozzaris . 238 Revelation 88 * Martyrs ...
Page xvi
... mind will deduce Rules for itself , but the knowl- edge of the most elaborate code of rules may be possessed without acquaintance with a single principle . Besides , in actual practice , rules cannot be applied . They keep the mind in ...
... mind will deduce Rules for itself , but the knowl- edge of the most elaborate code of rules may be possessed without acquaintance with a single principle . Besides , in actual practice , rules cannot be applied . They keep the mind in ...
Page xxi
... mind in all its faculties than the investigation of the precise meaning of a standard author . It is true that the critical acumen to appreciate the sense may be possessed without the ability to express it ; and herein is manifest the ...
... mind in all its faculties than the investigation of the precise meaning of a standard author . It is true that the critical acumen to appreciate the sense may be possessed without the ability to express it ; and herein is manifest the ...
Page xxiv
... mind . is rendered prominent by mere accentual stress , and with simple tones . It is no 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 ...
... mind . is rendered prominent by mere accentual stress , and with simple tones . It is no 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 ...
Page 85
... mind - how - small - a portion - I shall occupy - in it - when - I come to be - interred ; - I - then - look abroad - into the world , - and observe the multitudes who , in many respects , more - unhappy - than- myself . Thus - I learn ...
... mind - how - small - a portion - I shall occupy - in it - when - I come to be - interred ; - I - then - look abroad - into the world , - and observe the multitudes who , in many respects , more - unhappy - than- myself . Thus - I learn ...
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