The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers and Disposed Under Proper Heads: With a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : to which are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 páginas |
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... gives the word of com- mand ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he ... give you such a command of voice , as is scarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experi ...
... gives the word of com- mand ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he ... give you such a command of voice , as is scarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experi ...
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... give some one syllable a more forcible utterance than the rest . This variety of sound , which is called Accent , serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive ...
... give some one syllable a more forcible utterance than the rest . This variety of sound , which is called Accent , serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive ...
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... give those inflec- tions and variations to the voice , which Nature requires ; and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear persons read with an improper emphasis , or with ...
... give those inflec- tions and variations to the voice , which Nature requires ; and it is for want of this previous study , more perhaps than from any other cause , that we so often hear persons read with an improper emphasis , or with ...
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... give the hearer a distinct perception of the construction and meaning of each sentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An uninterrupted rapidity of utterance is one of the worst faults in elocution , A speaker , who has this ...
... give the hearer a distinct perception of the construction and meaning of each sentence , and a clear understanding of the whole . An uninterrupted rapidity of utterance is one of the worst faults in elocution , A speaker , who has this ...
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... give the hearer an expectation of something farther , to complete the sense ; the third pause denotes , that the sense is completed . Book ii , Chap . 18 , + Mr. Garrick's power of suspending the voice is well described by Steme . See ...
... give the hearer an expectation of something farther , to complete the sense ; the third pause denotes , that the sense is completed . Book ii , Chap . 18 , + Mr. Garrick's power of suspending the voice is well described by Steme . See ...
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