A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...The author, 1843 - 393 pages |
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... called modulation , or a change of key My method of representing the melody and modula tions of the speaking voice , is original ; and , I feel con- fident , it will prove of singular advantage to the Stu- dent in Elocution . The part ...
... called modulation , or a change of key My method of representing the melody and modula tions of the speaking voice , is original ; and , I feel con- fident , it will prove of singular advantage to the Stu- dent in Elocution . The part ...
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... called into action , and the degree of rational exercise through which they pass . Now there are few , if any , whose daily avocations are so varied as to bring into requisition all the muscles of the body : hence the necessity of ...
... called into action , and the degree of rational exercise through which they pass . Now there are few , if any , whose daily avocations are so varied as to bring into requisition all the muscles of the body : hence the necessity of ...
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... called letters . The number of letters in the English language , is twenty - six ; but the number of elements is thirty - eight . Hence , as the number of elements exceeds the number of their literal signs , the same letter is employed ...
... called letters . The number of letters in the English language , is twenty - six ; but the number of elements is thirty - eight . Hence , as the number of elements exceeds the number of their literal signs , the same letter is employed ...
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... called the trilled R , and is made by caus- ing the tongue to vibrate against the gums of the upper incisor teeth , while the breath is propelled through the mouth ; the second is called the smooth R , and is made with the tip of the ...
... called the trilled R , and is made by caus- ing the tongue to vibrate against the gums of the upper incisor teeth , while the breath is propelled through the mouth ; the second is called the smooth R , and is made with the tip of the ...
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... called high , or acute , which are above the natural pitch of the voice ; and those low , or grave , which are below it ) . Strictly speaking , the application of high and low , to pitch , is without philosophic foundation : it has ...
... called high , or acute , which are above the natural pitch of the voice ; and those low , or grave , which are below it ) . Strictly speaking , the application of high and low , to pitch , is without philosophic foundation : it has ...
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