"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 xiii
... reason , perhaps , may simply be , that so it is ! We are all slaves of custom , and cannot , without much ... reason for the anomaly referred to , although the reason itself will be admitted to be unreasonable : a prejudice exists ...
... reason , perhaps , may simply be , that so it is ! We are all slaves of custom , and cannot , without much ... reason for the anomaly referred to , although the reason itself will be admitted to be unreasonable : a prejudice exists ...
Page xiv
... reason . " True , but the greater the attractiveness of Eloquence for purposes of mere amusement or for more unholy ends , the stronger is the reason and the more imperative the duty to master its refinements , and utilize its influence ...
... reason . " True , but the greater the attractiveness of Eloquence for purposes of mere amusement or for more unholy ends , the stronger is the reason and the more imperative the duty to master its refinements , and utilize its influence ...
Page 69
... reason rule your life . A lump of raw red liver . Literally literary . Railway literature . A lucent rubicund rotatory luminary . Robert loudly rebuked Richard , who ran lustily roaring round the lobby . Don't run along the wrong ...
... reason rule your life . A lump of raw red liver . Literally literary . Railway literature . A lucent rubicund rotatory luminary . Robert loudly rebuked Richard , who ran lustily roaring round the lobby . Don't run along the wrong ...
Page 85
... reason - I have - to complain . · are - 35. 4th STAGE . Join adjective and relative PRONOUNS to their NOUNS ; as “ that man , which man , " & c . In- clude also the NUMERALS one , two , three , & c . , first , second , third , & c ...
... reason - I have - to complain . · are - 35. 4th STAGE . Join adjective and relative PRONOUNS to their NOUNS ; as “ that man , which man , " & c . In- clude also the NUMERALS one , two , three , & c . , first , second , third , & c ...
Page 87
... reasons - on first principles - and chief laws , - and - by anal- ogy - compares and contrasts . From the lower steps of the intellectual ladder , - he - gradually - ascends to the highest regions - of abstract thought - and reflection ...
... reasons - on first principles - and chief laws , - and - by anal- ogy - compares and contrasts . From the lower steps of the intellectual ladder , - he - gradually - ascends to the highest regions - of abstract thought - and reflection ...
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