An Introduction to the Grammar of Elocution: Designed for the Use of SchoolsMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1836 - 174 páginas |
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... hear the cheering sound of a canine ' growl ? Let any one explain in what way it is possible to say ' man ' without ac- tually giving , distinctly or indistinctly , as the case may be , the three sounds m'a'n , ' and we will con- sent ...
... hear the cheering sound of a canine ' growl ? Let any one explain in what way it is possible to say ' man ' without ac- tually giving , distinctly or indistinctly , as the case may be , the three sounds m'a'n , ' and we will con- sent ...
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... hear it , or in a low tone , as if it were a secret . These are a few only of the many meanings , which may be given to these four simple words , by the voice . A good reader , then , ought not only to be able to sound every word cor ...
... hear it , or in a low tone , as if it were a secret . These are a few only of the many meanings , which may be given to these four simple words , by the voice . A good reader , then , ought not only to be able to sound every word cor ...
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... hears it , feel directly , that something more is to be said . The same intonation will be heard on any other of the words of the sentence , by making the sudden pause after it . ' I— , ' ' I am com- , ' ' I am coming to- , & c . ' This ...
... hears it , feel directly , that something more is to be said . The same intonation will be heard on any other of the words of the sentence , by making the sudden pause after it . ' I— , ' ' I am com- , ' ' I am coming to- , & c . ' This ...
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... hear ' the direct equal wave of the fifth . ' In the same way , by again repeating the question and answer , with increased violence , we may make the ' indirect , ' and ' direct equal waves of the octave ; ' but as , like the slides of ...
... hear ' the direct equal wave of the fifth . ' In the same way , by again repeating the question and answer , with increased violence , we may make the ' indirect , ' and ' direct equal waves of the octave ; ' but as , like the slides of ...
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... hear , when people try to read poetry . It consists in running over and over again through the same , or nearly the same succession of notes , in the different clauses of a sentence . There are not many persons who will not fall into it ...
... hear , when people try to read poetry . It consists in running over and over again through the same , or nearly the same succession of notes , in the different clauses of a sentence . There are not many persons who will not fall into it ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accented syllables atonic elements beginning called Columbus concrete pitch course diphthongs direct equal discrete pitch downward slide drawling elements of expression emphasis emphatic words employed Erin example explain father faults feeling give given Grammar of Elocution hail hath hear heard Heaven Hophni and Phinehas human voice indirect equal wave indirect wave intonation Israel Jesus Jews lengthen long quantity Lord loud meaning median stress ment musical musical scale nature never octave pause Pharisees Philistines Pinta practice pupil quality of voice question radical pitch radical stress razors repeated saith unto scored exercises semitone short simple slides simple sounds slides and waves slurred solemn sounding line speaking speech subtonic elements tables tences thee thing third Thou art tion tone tonic elements unaccented unemphatic unequal wave upward interval upward slide utterance vanishing stress vocal elements whole
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Página 138 - When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Página 143 - Almighty and most merciful Father ; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Página 164 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.
Página 144 - The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why then should we defer the declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life, and his own honor?
Página 138 - These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Página 138 - Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him : but Mary sat still in the house.
Página 139 - And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Página 140 - And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died 1 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
Página 170 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them." Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes : But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave., solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but — " That, whenever the...
Página 153 - Straits, — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry.