A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking; Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples ...A. H. Maltby, 1830 - 344 pages |
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... measure of speech . I have availed myself of his treatise , and of his method of scoring , as far as I found them applicable to my purpose . Mr. Steele's work was published fifty years ago ; it is origi- nal , and somewhat abstruse ...
... measure of speech . I have availed myself of his treatise , and of his method of scoring , as far as I found them applicable to my purpose . Mr. Steele's work was published fifty years ago ; it is origi- nal , and somewhat abstruse ...
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... Measure of Speech , Emphasis , • Examples of Emphasis with short explanations of the principal elements employed , Analysis of written language , 120 • 122 · 123 123 125 144 156 160 170 177 181 186 194 194 197 Improvement of the voice ...
... Measure of Speech , Emphasis , • Examples of Emphasis with short explanations of the principal elements employed , Analysis of written language , 120 • 122 · 123 123 125 144 156 160 170 177 181 186 194 194 197 Improvement of the voice ...
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... measured ? 16. How are the sounds of the scale produced ? 17. What is a note ? 18. What is the meaning of interval ? 19. What is the meaning of a tone ? 20. What is a semitone ? 21. What are the different intervals of the scale called ...
... measured ? 16. How are the sounds of the scale produced ? 17. What is a note ? 18. What is the meaning of interval ? 19. What is the meaning of a tone ? 20. What is a semitone ? 21. What are the different intervals of the scale called ...
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... measuring the intervals of these notes let these lines and spaces be counted in succession , thus , line 1 space 2 , line 3 space 4 , and so on , whether we are counting upwards or down- wards . The first figure of the scale commencing ...
... measuring the intervals of these notes let these lines and spaces be counted in succession , thus , line 1 space 2 , line 3 space 4 , and so on , whether we are counting upwards or down- wards . The first figure of the scale commencing ...
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... measure and the sounds . The phrases of melody , and the different forms of ca- dence , supply ample materials for a constant variety . Here a popular direction of practical utility may be given in intelligible , if not in philosophical ...
... measure and the sounds . The phrases of melody , and the different forms of ca- dence , supply ample materials for a constant variety . Here a popular direction of practical utility may be given in intelligible , if not in philosophical ...
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accented articulation aspiration Brutus cadence C¿sar called ceive cern concrete consonants degree delivery described discourse discrete downward slide earth effect elementary sounds Elocution Elocutionist emphasis emphatic employed equal wave example exercise expression eyes falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible fore give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall rising ditone rising slide semitone sentence short simple melody soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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