"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 xv
... 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 , can hardly be expected to distinguish ...
... 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 , can hardly be expected to distinguish ...
Page xix
... standing the sameness or the habitual fluctuations of his tones . This proves the folly of attempting , by any set of Rules , to impose a system of intonation , as a standard for all voices . There is scarcely a sentence which will not ...
... standing the sameness or the habitual fluctuations of his tones . This proves the folly of attempting , by any set of Rules , to impose a system of intonation , as a standard for all voices . There is scarcely a sentence which will not ...
Page xxii
... stand upon . " It confounds every element of natural pronunciation , calling long " short , " and short " long ; " separating the syllables of the same word , and uniting the sylla- bles of different words , in a way that would be ...
... stand upon . " It confounds every element of natural pronunciation , calling long " short , " and short " long ; " separating the syllables of the same word , and uniting the sylla- bles of different words , in a way that would be ...
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... standing by the sea - shore , face to the wind , and endeavouring to out - bellow the tempest . 26. Respiratory exercises should not be practised im- mediately after a full meal . The distension of the stomach prevents the free play of ...
... standing by the sea - shore , face to the wind , and endeavouring to out - bellow the tempest . 26. Respiratory exercises should not be practised im- mediately after a full meal . The distension of the stomach prevents the free play of ...
Page 86
... stand apart . and be separately accented and inflected , as in the fol- lowing sentence : - -- * See this tested in the author's " New Elucidation of the Prin- ciples of Speech . " ( 1849. ) 66 I shall call , -and - if possible , 86 ...
... stand apart . and be separately accented and inflected , as in the fol- lowing sentence : - -- * See this tested in the author's " New Elucidation of the Prin- ciples of Speech . " ( 1849. ) 66 I shall call , -and - if possible , 86 ...
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