New Science of Elocution: The Elements and Principles of Vocal Expression in Lessons, with Exercises and Selections Systematically Arranged for Acquiring the Art of Reading and SpeakingPhillips & Hunt, 1886 - 382 pages |
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... of the voice and manner , so abundant in the various works on Elocution , and derived therefrom all the advantages they propose , and yet good readers and speakers are rare . A radical defect exists somewhere , or , contrary to PREFACE.
... of the voice and manner , so abundant in the various works on Elocution , and derived therefrom all the advantages they propose , and yet good readers and speakers are rare . A radical defect exists somewhere , or , contrary to PREFACE.
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... ADVANTAGES . The proper study of Elocution will make the family circle more agreeable , the social circle more desirable , the business man more successful , the teacher more instructive , as well as the professional man more im ...
... ADVANTAGES . The proper study of Elocution will make the family circle more agreeable , the social circle more desirable , the business man more successful , the teacher more instructive , as well as the professional man more im ...
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... advantages are the least important . It furnishes no ordinary Mental Culture . To express thought and feeling appropriately and im- pressively they must be clearly comprehended . But the comprehension of the thought is not sufficient ...
... advantages are the least important . It furnishes no ordinary Mental Culture . To express thought and feeling appropriately and im- pressively they must be clearly comprehended . But the comprehension of the thought is not sufficient ...
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... the province of the art of Elocution . 13. Mention some of the physical advantages of Elocution . 14. Some of the mental . 15. Some of the moral . DIAGRAM OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF VOCAL EXPRESSION . Radical INTRODUCTION . 23 QUESTIONS.
... the province of the art of Elocution . 13. Mention some of the physical advantages of Elocution . 14. Some of the mental . 15. Some of the moral . DIAGRAM OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF VOCAL EXPRESSION . Radical INTRODUCTION . 23 QUESTIONS.
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... ADVANTAGES OF EFFUSIVE FORM . The Effusive Form gives a smoothness to the tone and a mildness to utterance which , in the expression of pathos and solemnity , reverence and devotion , produces one of the most pleasing effects in ...
... ADVANTAGES OF EFFUSIVE FORM . The Effusive Form gives a smoothness to the tone and a mildness to utterance which , in the expression of pathos and solemnity , reverence and devotion , produces one of the most pleasing effects in ...
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Advantages Aspirate Quality beautiful bells boot-black brave brow Circumflex Class Exercises Compound Stress cultivate Define DIAGRAM dreams Effusive and Expulsive Effusive Form elements Elocution Energetic Force EXAMPLE EXERCISES Combining Form EXERCISES Contrasting EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION Exercises in Breathing Exercises in Gesture Exercises in Position expression Expulsive and Explosive Expulsive Form eyes Falsetto fear Final Stress FORM-WHEN gray horse Guttural hand hath heard heart heaven High Pitch Illustration Impassioned Force Inflection Intermittent Stress Jennie McNeal LESSON life-boat Lochinvar look Low Pitch Median Stress Middle Pitch Moderate Force Moderate Movement mother o'er Oral Orotund Quality pale passions Pectoral Quality Pompey practice the following principle Pure Tone quality of voice Queen Radical Stress Rapid Movement Repeat scorn selection require sentences shout slave Slow Movement solemn soul sound speak stanza styles of thought Subdued Force sublimity sweet tears thee thou utterance vocal words
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Page 313 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.