"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 51
... utterances , and between vowels and articulations generally . 113. Prolong the sound of the first vowel ( ee , ) and while doing so strike the tongue upwards with the tip of a finger from below the chin : and the ee will be changed to ...
... utterances , and between vowels and articulations generally . 113. Prolong the sound of the first vowel ( ee , ) and while doing so strike the tongue upwards with the tip of a finger from below the chin : and the ee will be changed to ...
Page 62
... utterance , and , preparatorily , be- fore the commencement of articulation : its motions must be without jerking , equable , easy and floating . THE LIPS . 153. The LIPS should never hang loosely away from the teeth , or be pursed ...
... utterance , and , preparatorily , be- fore the commencement of articulation : its motions must be without jerking , equable , easy and floating . THE LIPS . 153. The LIPS should never hang loosely away from the teeth , or be pursed ...
Page 67
... utterance ; as in head and held , bad and band , juggle and jungle , & c . R is so softened away as almost to lose its articulative quality before an articula- tion ; but its sound is not absorbed as that of the Liquids ; it is rather ...
... utterance ; as in head and held , bad and band , juggle and jungle , & c . R is so softened away as almost to lose its articulative quality before an articula- tion ; but its sound is not absorbed as that of the Liquids ; it is rather ...
Page 72
... utterance . 190. Words are frequently used in poetry with false accentuation . The reader must not sacrifice ordinary prose propriety to suit the casual poetic accent . A com- promise may generally be effected by accentuating both the ...
... utterance . 190. Words are frequently used in poetry with false accentuation . The reader must not sacrifice ordinary prose propriety to suit the casual poetic accent . A com- promise may generally be effected by accentuating both the ...
Page 73
... utterance . 193. The same principle of contrast or antithesis , ex- pressed or implied , regulates the accentuation or emphasis of sentences . Any phrase or sentence containing a word or IDEA that has been previously expressed or ...
... utterance . 193. The same principle of contrast or antithesis , ex- pressed or implied , regulates the accentuation or emphasis of sentences . Any phrase or sentence containing a word or IDEA that has been previously expressed or ...
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