A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...E.H. Butler & Company, 1855 - 381 pages |
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... perform their functions properly , the pupil should repeat the same exercise till he can articu- late every element , and give to each syllable the pitch , force , and time which the sentiment demands . The art of reading and speaking ...
... perform their functions properly , the pupil should repeat the same exercise till he can articu- late every element , and give to each syllable the pitch , force , and time which the sentiment demands . The art of reading and speaking ...
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... performing the teach . er's part , the teacher himself should play an accompaniment on the violoncello , violin , organ ... perform their part in the process of speaking , best , when plentifully supplied with air . This is an important ...
... performing the teach . er's part , the teacher himself should play an accompaniment on the violoncello , violin , organ ... perform their part in the process of speaking , best , when plentifully supplied with air . This is an important ...
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... performed , with more or less success , both in Europe and in this country . ] +++++++ SECTION II . PITCH . ITCH is the degree of the eleva- tion of sounds . - As pitch regards the elevation of sounds , it respects their acuteness and ...
... performed , with more or less success , both in Europe and in this country . ] +++++++ SECTION II . PITCH . ITCH is the degree of the eleva- tion of sounds . - As pitch regards the elevation of sounds , it respects their acuteness and ...
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... perform on stringed instruments of the violin species , to direct their attention to the subject.t For practical purposes , however , it is not essential to present every syllable in speech under its proper note , as is done in song ...
... perform on stringed instruments of the violin species , to direct their attention to the subject.t For practical purposes , however , it is not essential to present every syllable in speech under its proper note , as is done in song ...
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... perform- ance of the Miserere , ' in the Sixtine Chapel , in Rome , so often described by travellers , owes its shadowy effect to this approaching and retiring of the sounds . Farinelli moved his audience to a state of ecstasy by the ...
... perform- ance of the Miserere , ' in the Sixtine Chapel , in Rome , so often described by travellers , owes its shadowy effect to this approaching and retiring of the sounds . Farinelli moved his audience to a state of ecstasy by the ...
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action Andrew Comstock articulation beauty body breast Cæsar called Cato character circumflex cure of stammering death degree Diag diagrams diatonic scale diphthongs earth elements elevated Elocution emphatic gesture English language Engravings Erin go bragh eternal ev'ry exercise expression eyes falling inflection falsetto fingers foot force formed gilt give glory grace head heart heaven honor horizontal forwards human voice Hyder Ali illustrated inflection language light Lochinvar manner marked ment Metronome mind morocco motion mouth muscles muslin never notation o'er orator Philadelphia pitch position posture PRACTICAL ELOCUTION Price principal gesture pronounced pupil Quintilian rest right hand semitone sentiments shf st smile song soul sound speech striking subvowel supine syllable thee things thou thought tion tongue trembling triphthongs ture Turkey utterance Vocal Gymnastics vowel wave words
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