"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 39
... spirit , livelong , vigil , give , film , bilge , finger , singer , precipice , premises , vestige , virility , val- lies . * The " long , " or name sounds of the alphabetic vowels , are A ( 3 , ) E ( 1 , ) I ( 7-1 . ) O ( 12 . ) U ( y ...
... spirit , livelong , vigil , give , film , bilge , finger , singer , precipice , premises , vestige , virility , val- lies . * The " long , " or name sounds of the alphabetic vowels , are A ( 3 , ) E ( 1 , ) I ( 7-1 . ) O ( 12 . ) U ( y ...
Page 53
... spirit wrought ; 5 And not a work but hath its issue 4 2 1 0 10 With blessings or with evil fraught . 7-13 3 1 13 1 1 7-1 6 1 And thou may'st seem to leave behind thee 4 11 2 1 13 2 13 7-1 2 All memory of the sinful past ; 4 12 5 7-1 ...
... spirit wrought ; 5 And not a work but hath its issue 4 2 1 0 10 With blessings or with evil fraught . 7-13 3 1 13 1 1 7-1 6 1 And thou may'st seem to leave behind thee 4 11 2 1 13 2 13 7-1 2 All memory of the sinful past ; 4 12 5 7-1 ...
Page 66
... spirit , & c . This gives a firmness to the articulation but altogether changes its character : ther becomes long and almost syllabic . Thus : vě - wr - y , spi - wr - it , & c . XXI . SYLLABIC QUANTITY , - 173. Two degrees of vowel ...
... spirit , & c . This gives a firmness to the articulation but altogether changes its character : ther becomes long and almost syllabic . Thus : vě - wr - y , spi - wr - it , & c . XXI . SYLLABIC QUANTITY , - 173. Two degrees of vowel ...
Page 69
... spirit sigh , ( not spirit's eye . Be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire , ( not thy known . ) Oh , the torment of an ever - meddling memory , ( not a never meddling . ) All night it lay an ice - drop there ...
... spirit sigh , ( not spirit's eye . Be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire , ( not thy known . ) Oh , the torment of an ever - meddling memory , ( not a never meddling . ) All night it lay an ice - drop there ...
Page 86
... spirit - and - splendour . Valuing - more- the expression - of Nature than - Nature - herself . - he will exalt in his copy - the features that please him . He will give the gloom- of gloom . - and the sunshine of sunshine . - - 37. 6th ...
... spirit - and - splendour . Valuing - more- the expression - of Nature than - Nature - herself . - he will exalt in his copy - the features that please him . He will give the gloom- of gloom . - and the sunshine of sunshine . - - 37. 6th ...
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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