Russell's American Elocutionist: The American Elocutionist; Comprising 'Lessons in Enunciation,' 'Exercises in Elocution,' and 'Rudiments of Gesture' ...Jenks and Palmer, 1845 - 380 páginas |
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... less pal- pable principles which regulate the nicest modulations of the voice , in the most delicate tones of feeling . But , in the applications of inflection , emphasis , and pause , which determine the meaning of every sentence of ...
... less pal- pable principles which regulate the nicest modulations of the voice , in the most delicate tones of feeling . But , in the applications of inflection , emphasis , and pause , which determine the meaning of every sentence of ...
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... less than that of articulation , is much neg- lected in early instruction , and the practice of the one conveniently comprises that of the other . The main purpose of reading and speaking , is to communicate thought . The most important ...
... less than that of articulation , is much neg- lected in early instruction , and the practice of the one conveniently comprises that of the other . The main purpose of reading and speaking , is to communicate thought . The most important ...
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... less rest guest bread ready steady , peg bell beg ten den red , generous genuine general guess protest effect , col- lect preface prelude prelate prelacy prebend , knell tell fell tent thence propel . Same sound unaccented : Recreation ...
... less rest guest bread ready steady , peg bell beg ten den red , generous genuine general guess protest effect , col- lect preface prelude prelate prelacy prebend , knell tell fell tent thence propel . Same sound unaccented : Recreation ...
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... less frequent , is that of pronoun- cing this diphthong like the letter i ; thus , ile for oil . Boil coil foil , toil soil coy , toy joy hoy , rejoice broil spoil , void doit coin , loin joint hoist , moist joist voice , oily joyful ...
... less frequent , is that of pronoun- cing this diphthong like the letter i ; thus , ile for oil . Boil coil foil , toil soil coy , toy joy hoy , rejoice broil spoil , void doit coin , loin joint hoist , moist joist voice , oily joyful ...
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... less important than the useful ones of reading and writing ( dancin ' , & c . ) And the smooth stream in smoother ( smoothe ' ) numbers ( numbĕ's ) flows . Rarely does poverty overtake the diligent ( as above ) . Faults of local usage ...
... less important than the useful ones of reading and writing ( dancin ' , & c . ) And the smooth stream in smoother ( smoothe ' ) numbers ( numbĕ's ) flows . Rarely does poverty overtake the diligent ( as above ) . Faults of local usage ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
accented action appropriate arises articulation attention beauty becomes blank verse burning deck cadence character circumflex clause close commencing common common metre connexion declamation delivery diphthong distinct effect elocution emotion emphasis emphatic English language enunciation error example exemplified exer exercise expression falchion falling inflection fault feeling feet foot force forcible gesture give grace grave habit hand heart heaven iambic iambus Ireland king language latter learner lesson liberty light lord manner meaning mechanical mind moderate movement natural never o'er observed orthoepy passage pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetic poetry position practice preceding produced pronounced pronunciation prose pupils reading requires rising inflection rule School sense sentence sentiment slide slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech spondee stanza strain style syllables teacher tence thee thou thought tion tone Trochaic trochee true unaccented utterance verse voice waves words
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Página 181 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 182 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 104 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches : though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up ; Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down ; Though castles topple on their warders...
Página 187 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 185 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Página 102 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Página 186 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Página 194 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 72 - And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 154 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi