Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist."W.D. Ticknor and Company, 1845 - 336 páginas |
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... action of the organs of voice , enables the teacher to carry elementary cultivation to an extent previously unattainable , and , even yet , too little known by those who have not paid special at- tention to the subject . The actual ...
... action of the organs of voice , enables the teacher to carry elementary cultivation to an extent previously unattainable , and , even yet , too little known by those who have not paid special at- tention to the subject . The actual ...
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... tutions and feeble voices , will receive great benefit from the practice of his system ; as it is well calculated to give a healthy action to the Vocal and We smile at the enumeration of the formal apparatus of INTRODUCTION . 9.
... tutions and feeble voices , will receive great benefit from the practice of his system ; as it is well calculated to give a healthy action to the Vocal and We smile at the enumeration of the formal apparatus of INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... action , as is indispensable to an intelligent , voluntary use of the vocal organs . To examine the corporeal mechanism of speech , we com- mence with a survey of the trunk of the body , the great cavity , or main pipe , of vocal sound ...
... action , as is indispensable to an intelligent , voluntary use of the vocal organs . To examine the corporeal mechanism of speech , we com- mence with a survey of the trunk of the body , the great cavity , or main pipe , of vocal sound ...
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... action , caused by excessive feel- ing , hard and laborious : its force renders it plainly audible . A sigh , a sob , or a partial groan , perhaps , follows as the result of the over - excited action of the breathing apparatus . Breath ...
... action , caused by excessive feel- ing , hard and laborious : its force renders it plainly audible . A sigh , a sob , or a partial groan , perhaps , follows as the result of the over - excited action of the breathing apparatus . Breath ...
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... action of the will , along with the silent involuntary process of nature . - - The full function of expiration , when carried to the extent of exclamation , as in the case supposed , implies an energetic use of the lower muscles of the ...
... action of the will , along with the silent involuntary process of nature . - - The full function of expiration , when carried to the extent of exclamation , as in the case supposed , implies an energetic use of the lower muscles of the ...
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accent appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral aspirated quality breath brisk cadence character Coriolanus deep degree diphthong distinct downward slide droll humor earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exemplified exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling following examples force forest fly gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven Heroic Couplet High pitch horror human voice Hyder Ali Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch marked median stress melody ment Metre Middle pitch mode Moderate monotone movement musical scale natural o'er oratorical declamation organs Pathos Pectoral Quality phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone quantity radical stress reader reading rhetorical rhythm scale semitone sentence sentiment solemn soul speaker speaking speech Stanza student style subdued Sublimity subtonic syllables Tarpeian rock termed thee thou tion tonic trachea unimpassioned usually utterance vanishing stress verse vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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