"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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... speaking tones Tones constitute a natural language 1-2 3-4 II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS Diagram of simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions 7-11 Extent of the inflexions Diagram of compound inflexions CRÈ , 76 13 25 75 6 12 15 78 ...
... speaking tones Tones constitute a natural language 1-2 3-4 II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS Diagram of simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions 7-11 Extent of the inflexions Diagram of compound inflexions CRÈ , 76 13 25 75 6 12 15 78 ...
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... Speaking . * 159 Interrogation * 130 Exalted Misery 179 Jealousy 185 Exasperation 126 Joy 186 Exculpation 179 Justification * 186 Exercise . * 89 Kingly Power 130 Exhortation against Am- Knowledge and Wisdom 161 bition 180 Laughter 186 ...
... Speaking . * 159 Interrogation * 130 Exalted Misery 179 Jealousy 185 Exasperation 126 Joy 186 Exculpation 179 Justification * 186 Exercise . * 89 Kingly Power 130 Exhortation against Am- Knowledge and Wisdom 161 bition 180 Laughter 186 ...
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... speaking is a part of the professional duty of every Clergyman and Advocate , and no unusual part of the social duty of a private citizen ; and that Public Speaking involves two distinct requirements , - -a knowl- edge of what to say ...
... speaking is a part of the professional duty of every Clergyman and Advocate , and no unusual part of the social duty of a private citizen ; and that Public Speaking involves two distinct requirements , - -a knowl- edge of what to say ...
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... conscious of the ability to speak effectively can undervalue the power , and none who is not competent in this respect , can judge of its value or pronounce it worthless . The study of Oratory is , however , hindered by xiv INTRODUCTION .
... conscious of the ability to speak effectively can undervalue the power , and none who is not competent in this respect , can judge of its value or pronounce it worthless . The study of Oratory is , however , hindered by xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... speak to us : " and they should do so with authority , for the letter of their eloquence is still the model in our ... speaking well ! Oratory , doubtless , is not now an art of such high consequence as it was before the invention of the ...
... speak to us : " and they should do so with authority , for the letter of their eloquence is still the model in our ... speaking well ! Oratory , doubtless , is not now an art of such high consequence as it was before the invention of the ...
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Elocutionary Manual. the Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and ... Alexander Melville Bell No preview available - 2015 |
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accented syllable action adverb antithesis articulation blood body brave breath Brutus Cæsar clause compound dead death Diphthong doth earth effect Elocution emphasis emphatic exercise expressive fall fear feel fool gesture give glottis grammatical grief hand happy hath head heart heaven honour house of York idea imitative implied inflexion labial larynx letters light lingual lips look lord marked mind modulation monophthong motion motley fool mouth nature never night notation nounced o'er P. J. Bailey passion pause phatic pitch poor predicate principle pronounced pronunciation reading rising Scotch sense sentence separate Shakespeare smile soft palate sorrow soul speak speaker spirit syllables tears tence thee thine things thou thought tion tones tongue unaccented unemphatic utterance verb Visible Speech vocal voice vowel sound W. E. Aytoun weep wind words wretched