The Elements of Elocution, Etc1860 - 192 pages |
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... tones are used to express gratitude for kindness , -entreaty for for- bearance , displeasure at untruth , -indignation at in- sult , -endearance to parents , & c . To teach a youth to read well , it is necessary , as a preliminary step ...
... tones are used to express gratitude for kindness , -entreaty for for- bearance , displeasure at untruth , -indignation at in- sult , -endearance to parents , & c . To teach a youth to read well , it is necessary , as a preliminary step ...
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... tone . ) 1. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour , And gather honey all the day From every opening flow'r ! 2. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard to store it well With ...
... tone . ) 1. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour , And gather honey all the day From every opening flow'r ! 2. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard to store it well With ...
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... tone of the natural pitch . 2. The Rising Inflection , -which ascends above the natural pitch . 3. The Falling Inflection , -which falls below the natural pitch . A correct idea of what is meant by the rising and falling inflection ...
... tone of the natural pitch . 2. The Rising Inflection , -which ascends above the natural pitch . 3. The Falling Inflection , -which falls below the natural pitch . A correct idea of what is meant by the rising and falling inflection ...
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... tones of the voice to the special character of the subject , must be natural , in order to be effectual . 2. Force , although sometimes another name for loud- ness , has , for the most part , nearly the same signification as emphasis ...
... tones of the voice to the special character of the subject , must be natural , in order to be effectual . 2. Force , although sometimes another name for loud- ness , has , for the most part , nearly the same signification as emphasis ...
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... tone than that of the separated members ; the voice being dropped to about the ordi- nary pitch in reading the parenthesis , but raised again to that from which it was lowered , as soon as the parenthesis is completed . In long ...
... tone than that of the separated members ; the voice being dropped to about the ordi- nary pitch in reading the parenthesis , but raised again to that from which it was lowered , as soon as the parenthesis is completed . In long ...
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Anon arms Behold breath British Energy Brutus Cæsar Cato CHAP Cowper cried dead dear death Despair doth dread ducats earth effect emotions Epic Poetry Epigram Examples expression eyes falling inflection father fear feel figures of speech fool Gesler give grave accent Grief hath hear heard heart heaven Holy Scriptures honour Hope Israel Jesus Juba Jupiter king Kirke White land liberty live look LORD mercy Milton modulations Moth motley fool nature never noble o'er passions pitch poetry poison'd Pollok Pompey poor Pope praise pupils rage reading requires Revenge ride to town rising inflection Robert Bloomfield Robespierre Roman saith sentiment Shakspeare SIMULTANEOUS EXERCISES sorrow soul speak speech suspending pause Swain sweet syllables teacher thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt tones Tychicus unto verse virtue voice Walter Scott words
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