A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...E.H. Butler & Company, 1853 - 364 páginas |
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... FIGURES , ERAR OF THE VERSITY FORNIA NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS , AND ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUBJECT . BY ANDREW COMSTOCK , M.D. PRINCIPAL OF THE VOCAL AND POLYGLOTT GYMNASIUM . Can Elocution be taught ? This question has heretofore been ...
... FIGURES , ERAR OF THE VERSITY FORNIA NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS , AND ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUBJECT . BY ANDREW COMSTOCK , M.D. PRINCIPAL OF THE VOCAL AND POLYGLOTT GYMNASIUM . Can Elocution be taught ? This question has heretofore been ...
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... Figure 1 , page 70 . The Figures which illustrate the subject of this work , were drawn and engraved by Croome and Minot ; the Diagrams were engraved by Mumford . Introduction CONTENTS . ELOCUTION . Page 11 14 15 Preliminary vi PREFACE .
... Figure 1 , page 70 . The Figures which illustrate the subject of this work , were drawn and engraved by Croome and Minot ; the Diagrams were engraved by Mumford . Introduction CONTENTS . ELOCUTION . Page 11 14 15 Preliminary vi PREFACE .
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... figure between 8 and w , shows the gradual diminution of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance of the first constituent , and the remaining portion shows the stationary position of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance ...
... figure between 8 and w , shows the gradual diminution of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance of the first constituent , and the remaining portion shows the stationary position of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance ...
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... 3 . There are several varieties of each of these modes of time . When a piece is in common time , and each measure contains two quavers , or their equivalent , the figures are prefixed to the words , or the music 64 ELOCUTION . 18.
... 3 . There are several varieties of each of these modes of time . When a piece is in common time , and each measure contains two quavers , or their equivalent , the figures are prefixed to the words , or the music 64 ELOCUTION . 18.
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... figures are prefixed to the words , or the music . The upper figure , in each of these cases , shows how many notes of a certain descrip- tion there are in each measure ; and the lower figure , how many of these notes are equal in value ...
... figures are prefixed to the words , or the music . The upper figure , in each of these cases , shows how many notes of a certain descrip- tion there are in each measure ; and the lower figure , how many of these notes are equal in value ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
action advance ANDREW COMSTOCK articulation body br-R breast Brutus Bvhf Cæsar Caius Verres called Cato circumflex connexion death degree Diag diatonic scale diphthongs discriminating gestures earth elements emphasis melodies emphatic gesture English language Erin go bragh eternal ev'ry exercises expression extended eyes falling inflection falsetto feet fingers force formed grace Gymnastics head heart heaven honour horizontal forwards human voice Hyder Ali inflection language left foot manner Mark Antony marked motion muscles noted o'er opposite imperfection orator Philadelphia pitch position posture PRACTICAL ELOCUTION principal gesture pronounced public speaker pupil Quintilian rest right hand semitone sentiments shf st small letters song soul sound speak speech stammering STANZA stroke subvowel supine syllable thee thou thought tion triphthongs ture utterance variety vef sp vertical vocal Vocal Gymnastics vowel wave word
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Página 336 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Página 337 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace, While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Página 302 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Página 282 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Página 179 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Página 241 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 336 - Eske river where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 227 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.