An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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Page vii
... voice , without whining , drawling , lisping , stammering , mumbling in the throat , or speaking through the nose . Avoid equally a dull drawling habit , and too much rapidity of pronunciation ; for each of these faults destroys a ...
... voice , without whining , drawling , lisping , stammering , mumbling in the throat , or speaking through the nose . Avoid equally a dull drawling habit , and too much rapidity of pronunciation ; for each of these faults destroys a ...
Page viii
... voice ; the unaccented , with little stress of voice , but distinctly . The important words of a sentence , which I call natu- rally emphatical , have a claim to a considerable force of voice ; but particles , such as of , to , as , and ...
... voice ; the unaccented , with little stress of voice , but distinctly . The important words of a sentence , which I call natu- rally emphatical , have a claim to a considerable force of voice ; but particles , such as of , to , as , and ...
Page ix
... voice . But in this question , " Where is boasting then ? " The emphatical word is boast- ing , which of course requires an elevation of voice . The most natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . When the ...
... voice . But in this question , " Where is boasting then ? " The emphatical word is boast- ing , which of course requires an elevation of voice . The most natural pitch of voice is that in which we speak in common conversation . When the ...
Page x
... voice weak and trembling . Sometimes it produces shrieks and faintings . Shame turns away the face from the beholder , covers it with blushes , casts down the head and eyes , draws down the eye - brows , makes the tongue to faulter , or ...
... voice weak and trembling . Sometimes it produces shrieks and faintings . Shame turns away the face from the beholder , covers it with blushes , casts down the head and eyes , draws down the eye - brows , makes the tongue to faulter , or ...
Page xi
... voice is firm , and the accent strong and articulate . Boasting is loud and blustering . The eyes stare , the face is red and bloated , the mouth pouts , the voice is hol- low , the arms akimbo , the head nods in a threatening man- ner ...
... voice is firm , and the accent strong and articulate . Boasting is loud and blustering . The eyes stare , the face is red and bloated , the mouth pouts , the voice is hol- low , the arms akimbo , the head nods in a threatening man- ner ...
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