The Principles of Oral EnglishMacmillan, 1906 - 222 pages |
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accent arching the nasal articulation Ascending attention Babie Bell beginning bend blood called Carver chapter chidden clause Clavicular cnichts compound sentence consonant sounds cried dead death declarative Definite Interrogative delivered Descending Slide Dion emotion emphatic word eyes fear G hard Gavroche George William Curtis grammatical Guttural hand hear heard heart holy horse human voice imperfect sense inflections IRVING JOHNSON king Lew Wallace lips look lungs Modulation murmur nasal veil never Normal Pitch normal quality oral English Orotund Quality Othello partial fall passion pause of imperfect Perfect Fall Perfect Sweep phatic Philoctetes Place the tongue position to produce practice produce these sounds produced by pressing Rufus Choate Rule for Delivery rush Second Emphatic Sweep sentiment Serapis Shakespeare shout silence sleep speaking stress is placed syllable teeth tence thee thou thought throat tion tone uttered vocal expression vocal organs Whisper
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Page 40 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 148 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 176 - Who was her father? Who was her mother? Had she a sister? Had she a brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet than all other?
Page 24 - To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew.
Page 177 - Out of the world! In she plunged boldly — No matter how coldly The rough river ran — Over the brink of it, Picture it, — think of it, Dissolute Man! Lave in it, — drink of it, Then, if you can!
Page 129 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 177 - The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river ; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Page 42 - You do unbend your noble strength, to think So brainsickly of things. Go get some water, And wash this filthy witness from your hand. Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there: go carry them; and smear The sleepy grooms with blood. Macb. I'll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not.
Page 39 - All this? Ay, more; fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how ^choleric you are, And make your +bondmen tremble. Must I ''"budge ? Must I observe you ? Must I stand and crouch Under your +testy humor ? By the gods, " You shall digest the venom of your spleen, Though it do split you...
Page 176 - Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home had she none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had changed : Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged.