"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
... Reading , more copiously illustrated ; and a full Practical Treatment of the subject of GESTURE has been added ; besides an extensive Collection of Poetical and Dramatic Quotations , marked for Exercise in Expressive Reading . All the ...
... Reading , more copiously illustrated ; and a full Practical Treatment of the subject of GESTURE has been added ; besides an extensive Collection of Poetical and Dramatic Quotations , marked for Exercise in Expressive Reading . All the ...
Page vii
... Reading at sight Exercise on sentential inflexions 6888 80 81 PART THIRD . - EXPRESSIVE DELIVERY . I. PAUSES 109 II . MODULATION 110 General principles 6-7 Notation of pitch 8-11 III . FORCE AND TIME 112 Notation of do . 13-14 Common ...
... Reading at sight Exercise on sentential inflexions 6888 80 81 PART THIRD . - EXPRESSIVE DELIVERY . I. PAUSES 109 II . MODULATION 110 General principles 6-7 Notation of pitch 8-11 III . FORCE AND TIME 112 Notation of do . 13-14 Common ...
Page xv
... reading or declamation , and calls on them to stand forth and do likewise . The model may be good , bad , or indifferent ; it is , at all events tinged with the teacher's own pe- culiarities , and the pupils , in their imitative essays ...
... reading or declamation , and calls on them to stand forth and do likewise . The model may be good , bad , or indifferent ; it is , at all events tinged with the teacher's own pe- culiarities , and the pupils , in their imitative essays ...
Page xvi
... reading of selected sentences , but beyond this he cannot carry them a step , without feeling them an incumbrance and a hindrance to mental action . Constant thinking of inflec- tion proves fatal to reflection . What a student chiefly ...
... reading of selected sentences , but beyond this he cannot carry them a step , without feeling them an incumbrance and a hindrance to mental action . Constant thinking of inflec- tion proves fatal to reflection . What a student chiefly ...
Page xix
... reading should not be imbued with the characteristics of Irish of Scotch or of any local pronunciation when he delivers the language of Shakespeare , of Milton , or of Addison . The differences that distinguish dialects are quite ...
... reading should not be imbued with the characteristics of Irish of Scotch or of any local pronunciation when he delivers the language of Shakespeare , of Milton , or of Addison . The differences that distinguish dialects are quite ...
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