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memory for declamation , it should be perfectly committed , before it is spoken ;
as any labor of recollection is certainly fatal to freedom , and variety , and force in
speaking . In general , it were well that the same piece should be subsequently ...
memory for declamation , it should be perfectly committed , before it is spoken ;
as any labor of recollection is certainly fatal to freedom , and variety , and force in
speaking . In general , it were well that the same piece should be subsequently ...
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This was exactly adapted to ruin all variety and force , and to produce a set of
reading tones completely at variance with those of conversation and speaking .
The more particular directions as to voice , formerly given in books for learners ,
are ...
This was exactly adapted to ruin all variety and force , and to produce a set of
reading tones completely at variance with those of conversation and speaking .
The more particular directions as to voice , formerly given in books for learners ,
are ...
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Any one would be shocked , for example , at an address to Jehovah , uttered with
the sprightly and varied tones of conversation . The following lines have often
been given as a good example of the dignity and force attending the inonotone ...
Any one would be shocked , for example , at an address to Jehovah , uttered with
the sprightly and varied tones of conversation . The following lines have often
been given as a good example of the dignity and force attending the inonotone ...
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In the various classes of examples under the falling inflection , the reader will
perceive the prevailing characteristic of decision and force . So instinctively does
bold and strong passion express itself by this turn of voice , that , just so far as the
...
In the various classes of examples under the falling inflection , the reader will
perceive the prevailing characteristic of decision and force . So instinctively does
bold and strong passion express itself by this turn of voice , that , just so far as the
...
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13 ] RULE VIII . The language of authority and of surprise , is commonly uttered
with the falling inflection . Bold and strong passion so much inclines the voice to
this slide , that in most of the cases hereafter to be specified , emphatic force is ...
13 ] RULE VIII . The language of authority and of surprise , is commonly uttered
with the falling inflection . Bold and strong passion so much inclines the voice to
this slide , that in most of the cases hereafter to be specified , emphatic force is ...
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| Title | Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | Ebenezer Porter |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Flagg & Gould, 1828 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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