Elocution Simplified: With an Appendix on Lisping, Stammering, Stuttering, and Other Defects of SpeechLee and Shepard, 1877 - 94 pages |
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accent active chest anvils rang arms articulation Assume standing position audience bells Belshazzar bend forward body Boston University called chee costal muscles Diphthongs doth elastic elocution emotional expression emphatic word exer exercises eyes falling inflection Fontenoy full breath gesture give GLOTTIS STROKE gymnastics hand Hark hear heard heart heaven high pitch invincible armor keep large hall lips long vowels low pitch lungs MAJOR RISING meaning MEDIAN STRESS middle pitch MUSICAL SCALE o'er orotund passive chest pause phatic phrases position of mouth position with active Practise puffs pure radical stress reader or speaker Reading Club ring rising and falling rising inflection short vowels shoulders shout sing sleep SLOW MOVEMENT soft tone speak speaker's position speech stammerer sweet swelling tone syllables take a full TERMINAL STRESS thee thou thought and feeling tion Tis green tongue Tremolo twice-told tale vowel-sounds waist-muscles whisper wild bells