A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard UniversityA.H. Maltby, 1832 - 346 páginas |
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... clear . I see no reason to believe , that the ancients had any record of the functions of the voice - any science of Elocution , in the sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to ...
... clear . I see no reason to believe , that the ancients had any record of the functions of the voice - any science of Elocution , in the sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to ...
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... clearly perceive the difference of each vocal element in the foregoing tables of vowels and con- sonants from each other . Each is pointed out in the word or words in which it is found , by an italic letter or letters . Such letter , or ...
... clearly perceive the difference of each vocal element in the foregoing tables of vowels and con- sonants from each other . Each is pointed out in the word or words in which it is found , by an italic letter or letters . Such letter , or ...
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... clear dipthongs . They are , Revertheless , to be considered as vocal elements , be- cause though two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action ...
... clear dipthongs . They are , Revertheless , to be considered as vocal elements , be- cause though two sounds are heard in their utterance , these sounds cannot be disjoined by the voice , in pro- nouncing them . The unavoidable action ...
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... clear dipthongs by prolongation ? 2. Are the vowel sounds susceptible of explosion ? 3. What are the circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sound satisfactory . 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in the ...
... clear dipthongs by prolongation ? 2. Are the vowel sounds susceptible of explosion ? 3. What are the circumstances which render the ex- plosion of the vowel sound satisfactory . 4. What are the particular advantages of percussion in the ...
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... clear ideas of this property of sound from a piano forte . In running over a few of the keys , he will perceive that the sounds they yield differ from each other . Now this dif- ference consists in pitch . The different sounds are ...
... clear ideas of this property of sound from a piano forte . In running over a few of the keys , he will perceive that the sounds they yield differ from each other . Now this dif- ference consists in pitch . The different sounds are ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity eyes falling ditone falling slide father fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals Jesus light long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds word Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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Página 113 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Página 113 - Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial -day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?
Página 184 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Página 50 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Página 164 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery, — the...
Página 135 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water, seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Página 149 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round: Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings.
Página 87 - the greater genius ; Virgil the better artist : in the " one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the " work. Homer hurries us with a commanding " impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive " majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; " Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, " like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden " overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a
Página 153 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Página 184 - In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of Thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.