A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard UniversityA.H. Maltby, 1832 - 346 էջ |
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... Quantity , Of Plaintiveness in speech , Tremor of the Voice , Force of voice under the form of Radical Stress , Force of voice under the form of Vanishing Stress , Force of voice under the form of Compound Stress , Force of voice under ...
... Quantity , Of Plaintiveness in speech , Tremor of the Voice , Force of voice under the form of Radical Stress , Force of voice under the form of Vanishing Stress , Force of voice under the form of Compound Stress , Force of voice under ...
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... quantity in its most elementary state , as their explosion is of percussive stress in its simplest form . This mode of uttering some of the vowels ensures , by its protracted time , their contradistinguishing im- pression on the ear ...
... quantity in its most elementary state , as their explosion is of percussive stress in its simplest form . This mode of uttering some of the vowels ensures , by its protracted time , their contradistinguishing im- pression on the ear ...
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... quantity , as applicable to syllables , means exactly the same as time . The time of pauses , it is perfectly apparent , may be lengthened or shortened at pleasure . Suppose the sounds a , bee , cee , dee , ( the names of the first four ...
... quantity , as applicable to syllables , means exactly the same as time . The time of pauses , it is perfectly apparent , may be lengthened or shortened at pleasure . Suppose the sounds a , bee , cee , dee , ( the names of the first four ...
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... quantity describe the two cases of such syllables . We say then of syllables , that they are syllables of Quantity because they can be extended , or because they are actually extended in their pronunciation . We say of a passage that it ...
... quantity describe the two cases of such syllables . We say then of syllables , that they are syllables of Quantity because they can be extended , or because they are actually extended in their pronunciation . We say of a passage that it ...
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... quantity . 10. Give an example of short quantity . 11. What is the meaning of abruptness as applicable to the voice ? 12. How is pitch defined ? 13. What is meant by the musical scale ? 14. What are the particular modifications of pitch ...
... quantity . 10. Give an example of short quantity . 11. What is the meaning of abruptness as applicable to the voice ? 12. How is pitch defined ? 13. What is meant by the musical scale ? 14. What are the particular modifications of pitch ...
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Common terms and phrases
accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity eyes falling ditone falling slide father fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals Jesus light long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds word Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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Էջ 113 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Էջ 113 - Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial -day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?
Էջ 184 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Էջ 50 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Էջ 164 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery, — the...
Էջ 135 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water, seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Էջ 149 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round: Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings.
Էջ 87 - the greater genius ; Virgil the better artist : in the " one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the " work. Homer hurries us with a commanding " impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive " majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; " Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, " like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden " overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a
Էջ 153 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Էջ 184 - In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of Thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.