Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and the System of Vocal Culture |
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... eye death left so dull ; - Its slumber we will keep ! " 2.- Solemnity . - SOLILOQUY OF DOUGLAS . - Home . " This is the place , -the centre of the grove ; - Here stands the oak , the monarch of the wood : How sweet and solemn is this ...
... eye death left so dull ; - Its slumber we will keep ! " 2.- Solemnity . - SOLILOQUY OF DOUGLAS . - Home . " This is the place , -the centre of the grove ; - Here stands the oak , the monarch of the wood : How sweet and solemn is this ...
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... eyes , myriads of happy beings crowd upon our view . The insect youth are on the wing . ' Swarms of new - born flies are trying their pinions in the air . Their sportive motions , their gratuitous activity , their con- tinual change of ...
... eyes , myriads of happy beings crowd upon our view . The insect youth are on the wing . ' Swarms of new - born flies are trying their pinions in the air . Their sportive motions , their gratuitous activity , their con- tinual change of ...
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... EYES . ] - Shakspeare " Alas ! what need you be so boisterous rough ? I will not struggle , -I will stand stone still . For Heaven's sake , Hubert , let me not be bound ! Nay , hear me , Hubert ! drive these men away , And I will sit as ...
... EYES . ] - Shakspeare " Alas ! what need you be so boisterous rough ? I will not struggle , -I will stand stone still . For Heaven's sake , Hubert , let me not be bound ! Nay , hear me , Hubert ! drive these men away , And I will sit as ...
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... eye , might be marked thus : Each dot represents , in this scale , one and the same sound , or word , repeated with a gradually increasing force . The repetition of the same sound , for at least a dozen times , is preferred to a change ...
... eye , might be marked thus : Each dot represents , in this scale , one and the same sound , or word , repeated with a gradually increasing force . The repetition of the same sound , for at least a dozen times , is preferred to a change ...
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... eye And the bounding footstep , to meet me fly ! With the lyre and the wreath and the joyous lay , Come forth to the sunshine , —I may not stay . " SPRING . - Bryant . Style . ) " There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower , There's ...
... eye And the bounding footstep , to meet me fly ! With the lyre and the wreath and the joyous lay , Come forth to the sunshine , —I may not stay . " SPRING . - Bryant . Style . ) " There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower , There's ...
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abrupt accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality atonic becomes BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest command Coriolanus deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion enunciation error exact exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light lips Low pitch Median stress melody Middle Pitch Moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural notes o'er orotund quality passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged pronunciation prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading render Rush scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic swell syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words