The Art of Elocution: From the Simple Articulation of the Elemental Sounds of Language, Up to the Highest Tone of Expression in Speech, Attainable by the Human Voice |
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... a few pages of his work , that experience has shown him the defects which usually impair Elocution . Elocution properly embraces the subjects of articulation , punctuation , pauses , and modulation of voice in pitch TESTIMONIALS . iii.
... a few pages of his work , that experience has shown him the defects which usually impair Elocution . Elocution properly embraces the subjects of articulation , punctuation , pauses , and modulation of voice in pitch TESTIMONIALS . iii.
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... pauses , and modulation of voice in pitch and emphasis , all of which are treated in this book , intelligibly , and we should judge from a slight examination , to good purpose . Half the volume is de- voted to the developement of the ...
... pauses , and modulation of voice in pitch and emphasis , all of which are treated in this book , intelligibly , and we should judge from a slight examination , to good purpose . Half the volume is de- voted to the developement of the ...
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... pauses , emphases , & c . ) - there are three weighty objections " and the reverend and learned logician states the objections to be , : " 1st . That the proposed system must necessarily be im- perfect ; " 2dly . That if it were perfect ...
... pauses , emphases , & c . ) - there are three weighty objections " and the reverend and learned logician states the objections to be , : " 1st . That the proposed system must necessarily be im- perfect ; " 2dly . That if it were perfect ...
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... pause , inflection , or emphasis , stated that " His name was Norval on the Grampian hills , ” — leaving the hearer to imagine that in the lowlands he went under another cognomen . But , really , the whole course of the right reverend ...
... pause , inflection , or emphasis , stated that " His name was Norval on the Grampian hills , ” — leaving the hearer to imagine that in the lowlands he went under another cognomen . But , really , the whole course of the right reverend ...
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... PAUSE . - 2 . INFLECTION . - 3 . EMPHASIS . 1. PAUSE . RHETORICAL PAUSES . The grammatical pauses which are addressed to the eye of the reader are insufficient for the speaker ; who addresses himself to the understanding " through the ...
... PAUSE . - 2 . INFLECTION . - 3 . EMPHASIS . 1. PAUSE . RHETORICAL PAUSES . The grammatical pauses which are addressed to the eye of the reader are insufficient for the speaker ; who addresses himself to the understanding " through the ...
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