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... hear what he says ; and that without effort . If his utterance is rapid and indis- tinct , no weight of his sentiments , no strength or smooth- ness of voice , no excellence of modulation , emphasis , or cadence , will enable him to ...
... hear what he says ; and that without effort . If his utterance is rapid and indis- tinct , no weight of his sentiments , no strength or smooth- ness of voice , no excellence of modulation , emphasis , or cadence , will enable him to ...
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... hear a moderate voice with clear articulation , than one that is loud , but rapid and indistinct . In addressing a public assembly , the same advantage at- tends a voice of inferior strength , which marks the proper distinction of ...
... hear a moderate voice with clear articulation , than one that is loud , but rapid and indistinct . In addressing a public assembly , the same advantage at- tends a voice of inferior strength , which marks the proper distinction of ...
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... hear what was spoken at the bar , and from the bench . One of the judges , however , a man of slender health , and somewhat ad- vanced in age , was heard with perfect ease in every part of the court room , whenever he spoke . So ...
... hear what was spoken at the bar , and from the bench . One of the judges , however , a man of slender health , and somewhat ad- vanced in age , was heard with perfect ease in every part of the court room , whenever he spoke . So ...
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... hear- er being supposed to wait with some impatience for the main thought , while this interjected clause is uttered ; as , " Know ye not , brethren , ( for I speak to them that know the law , ) that the law hath dominion over a man as ...
... hear- er being supposed to wait with some impatience for the main thought , while this interjected clause is uttered ; as , " Know ye not , brethren , ( for I speak to them that know the law , ) that the law hath dominion over a man as ...
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... hear a mother describe the death of her child , with the same intonations which belong to joy or anger . And equally absurd would it be for a general to assume the tones of grief , in giving his commands at the head of an army . Hence ...
... hear a mother describe the death of her child , with the same intonations which belong to joy or anger . And equally absurd would it be for a general to assume the tones of grief , in giving his commands at the head of an army . Hence ...
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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