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... once or more repeated , with a view to adopt the suggestions of the Instructer . The selected pieces are short , because , for the purpose of improvement in elocution , a piece of four or five minutes is better than one of fifteen . And ...
... once or more repeated , with a view to adopt the suggestions of the Instructer . The selected pieces are short , because , for the purpose of improvement in elocution , a piece of four or five minutes is better than one of fifteen . And ...
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... , that a great proportion of language , as it appears in books , neither demands nor admits any variety of tones and emphasis ; and another still , that , in most men , habits of voice , once established , cannot 16 READING .
... , that a great proportion of language , as it appears in books , neither demands nor admits any variety of tones and emphasis ; and another still , that , in most men , habits of voice , once established , cannot 16 READING .
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... once spring up in our country a supply of teachers , competent , as living models , to reg- ulate the tones of boys , in the forming age , -nothing more would be needed . But , to a great extent , these teachers are to be themselves ...
... once spring up in our country a supply of teachers , competent , as living models , to reg- ulate the tones of boys , in the forming age , -nothing more would be needed . But , to a great extent , these teachers are to be themselves ...
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... once for all , that I employ terms ac- cording to the best modern use , with as little as possible of technical abstractness . Elocution , which anciently em- braced style and the whole art of rhetoric , now signifies manner of delivery ...
... once for all , that I employ terms ac- cording to the best modern use , with as little as possible of technical abstractness . Elocution , which anciently em- braced style and the whole art of rhetoric , now signifies manner of delivery ...
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... once , and may be continued indefinitely , without any change of the organs . The common mode of singing , in- deed , is but a mere succession of musical notes , or open vowel sounds , varying in pitch , with little attempt to arti ...
... once , and may be continued indefinitely , without any change of the organs . The common mode of singing , in- deed , is but a mere succession of musical notes , or open vowel sounds , varying in pitch , with little attempt to arti ...
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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