The British Orator: Comprising Observations on Vocal Gymnastics, Articulation, Melody, Modulation, Force, Time, and Gesture : Together with a Copious Selection of Extracts in Poetry and Prose, for Exercise in Reading and DeclamationSimpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1901 - 511 pages |
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... gentleman or lady without full and ( mel - jf . loo - us ! mellifluous speech ! Nature here , as in all that concerns either bodily or mental endowment does , it is true , establish great differ- ences amongst individuals . One person ...
... gentleman or lady without full and ( mel - jf . loo - us ! mellifluous speech ! Nature here , as in all that concerns either bodily or mental endowment does , it is true , establish great differ- ences amongst individuals . One person ...
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... gentleman in a dozen who boast of having " finished " their education , can , on being requested , read aloud to a private company with that ease and graceful modulation which is necessary to the perfect apprecia- tion of the author ...
... gentleman in a dozen who boast of having " finished " their education , can , on being requested , read aloud to a private company with that ease and graceful modulation which is necessary to the perfect apprecia- tion of the author ...
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... gentleman , in the spirit and meaning of the author , this is what he has yet to acquire by the imitation of good models and by frequent practice . That the art of reading aloud is at the low ebb we mention , any one can readily ...
... gentleman , in the spirit and meaning of the author , this is what he has yet to acquire by the imitation of good models and by frequent practice . That the art of reading aloud is at the low ebb we mention , any one can readily ...
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... gentlemen , go on : ply the study in which you are engaged , for your own honor , the advantage of your friends , and the service of your country . CICERO . ANCIENT ELOQUENCE . It will not , I think , be pretended , that any of our ...
... gentlemen , go on : ply the study in which you are engaged , for your own honor , the advantage of your friends , and the service of your country . CICERO . ANCIENT ELOQUENCE . It will not , I think , be pretended , that any of our ...
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... gentleman , who declaimed against the bill with such fluency and rhetoric , and such vehemence of gesture ; who charged the advocates for the expedients now proposed , with having no regard to any interest but their own , and with ...
... gentleman , who declaimed against the bill with such fluency and rhetoric , and such vehemence of gesture ; who charged the advocates for the expedients now proposed , with having no regard to any interest but their own , and with ...
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Altorf arms art thou articulation bells black crows blood bosom breath brother brow Brutus Cæsar Canute Capt Cato cried dare dead dear death Demosthenes diphthong doth dread earth Elocution eyes father fear feel gentlemen Gesler gesture give grace hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hope House of Commons Huon Iago Ireland king Lady learned friend liberty live Lochinvar look lord Macb mind mother nature never night noble o'er once passion peace poor pray Rolla Rome round sare SHAKSPERE Shylock singing Sir Anth slavery smile soul sound speak speech spirit sure sweet syllable tears Tell thee thing thou dost thought Tom Long tongue trembling triphthongs Twas utterance vocal voice vowel wife word young