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... in delivery . These I ascribed chiefly to early habits , con- tracted in the schools ; and to the want of adequate pre- cepts in books on reading and speaking . The worst faults in elocution , originate in want of feeling .
... in delivery . These I ascribed chiefly to early habits , con- tracted in the schools ; and to the want of adequate pre- cepts in books on reading and speaking . The worst faults in elocution , originate in want of feeling .
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Ebenezer Porter. faults in elocution , originate in want of feeling . But when these faults become confirmed , no degree of feeling will fully counteract their influence without the aid of an- alysis , and patient effort to understand ...
Ebenezer Porter. faults in elocution , originate in want of feeling . But when these faults become confirmed , no degree of feeling will fully counteract their influence without the aid of an- alysis , and patient effort to understand ...
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... feeling and adaptation of man- ner , are frustrated by labor of memory . The attempt to speak with this indolent , halting preparation , is in all res- pects worse than nothing . 1 * KEY OF INFLECTION . - denotes monotone . KEY OF ...
... feeling and adaptation of man- ner , are frustrated by labor of memory . The attempt to speak with this indolent , halting preparation , is in all res- pects worse than nothing . 1 * KEY OF INFLECTION . - denotes monotone . KEY OF ...
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... feeling CHAP . II . ARTICULATION · SECT . 1. Importance of a good articulation Causes of defective articulation Difficulty of many consonant sounds SECT . 2 . Page . 13 14 · 15 ib . 18 20 · · ib . 23 25 27 28 29 • • 30 32 34 Immediate ...
... feeling CHAP . II . ARTICULATION · SECT . 1. Importance of a good articulation Causes of defective articulation Difficulty of many consonant sounds SECT . 2 . Page . 13 14 · 15 ib . 18 20 · · ib . 23 25 27 28 29 • • 30 32 34 Immediate ...
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... feeling . It does not barely express the thoughts of an author , but express- es them with the force , variety , and beauty , which feel- ing demands . And just here it is that the most stubborn difficulty in elocution meets us ; -a ...
... feeling . It does not barely express the thoughts of an author , but express- es them with the force , variety , and beauty , which feel- ing demands . And just here it is that the most stubborn difficulty in elocution meets us ; -a ...
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Absalom accent action Ahimaaz angels answer arms art thou behold blood Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex common dark dead death delivery denote distinction dread earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal Euboea example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire gesture give grave habits hand hath hear heard hearers heart heaven HYMN Iago imitation immortal Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain never o'er open vowels orator palms united passions pause phatic poetry praise pride 15 principles PSALM reader remarks rhetorical rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine things thought throne thunder tion tones utterance voice words