"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 xii
... Thoughts . Virtue . 97 , 207 Thought and Deed Virtuous Promptitude . 97 Threatened Revenge Voices of the Night 97 Ties of Love War 84 , * 97 Time To the Butterfly True Courage True Greatness Truth Wisdom * 97 Wisdom of the Deity * 138 ...
... Thoughts . Virtue . 97 , 207 Thought and Deed Virtuous Promptitude . 97 Threatened Revenge Voices of the Night 97 Ties of Love War 84 , * 97 Time To the Butterfly True Courage True Greatness Truth Wisdom * 97 Wisdom of the Deity * 138 ...
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... thought that " to write and read comes by nature . " They expect to drop the native substance from their lips -- as the Our princess in the fairy tale did pearls - at every INTRODUCTION . xvii ANGLICISMS OF ARTICULATION Sounds of R, Y ...
... thought that " to write and read comes by nature . " They expect to drop the native substance from their lips -- as the Our princess in the fairy tale did pearls - at every INTRODUCTION . xvii ANGLICISMS OF ARTICULATION Sounds of R, Y ...
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... THOUGHT AND SENTIMENT , by Speech , Intonation , and Gesture . Speech is wholly conventional in its expressiveness , and mechan- ical in its processes . Intonation and gesture constitute a Natural Language , which may be used either ...
... THOUGHT AND SENTIMENT , by Speech , Intonation , and Gesture . Speech is wholly conventional in its expressiveness , and mechan- ical in its processes . Intonation and gesture constitute a Natural Language , which may be used either ...
Page xxiv
... thought . Each word of every contrasted pair of words is thrown mechanically into equal prominence , with the effect expressed by Pope in his " Essay on criticism . " " False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colors ...
... thought . Each word of every contrasted pair of words is thrown mechanically into equal prominence , with the effect expressed by Pope in his " Essay on criticism . " " False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colors ...
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... thought , hough , knowledge ; [ observe , oc- casion , oppose , quadroon , volcano , ] blossom , coffee , cloth , fossil , doctor , prologue , quantity , quash , squat , topic , twattle , vocative , wash , wasp , watch , conch ...
... thought , hough , knowledge ; [ observe , oc- casion , oppose , quadroon , volcano , ] blossom , coffee , cloth , fossil , doctor , prologue , quantity , quash , squat , topic , twattle , vocative , wash , wasp , watch , conch ...
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