The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation', "Exercises in Elocution", and "Rudiments of Gesture", with a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation... : Designed for Colleges, Professional Institutions, Academies and Common SchoolsJenks and Palmer, 1844 - 380 páginas |
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Página 28
... trained , first , to give the perfect sound of the hard R , then that of the soft , then to articulate the two sounds alternately , in rapid succession . characteristic of true and graceful articulation , than the clear 28 ELOCUTIONIST .
... trained , first , to give the perfect sound of the hard R , then that of the soft , then to articulate the two sounds alternately , in rapid succession . characteristic of true and graceful articulation , than the clear 28 ELOCUTIONIST .
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... succession of words and syllables ; but it is free from any approach to lan- guor and drawling . Force and slowness , however , are not the only qual- ities essential to distinct articulation . There must be , in addition to the right ...
... succession of words and syllables ; but it is free from any approach to lan- guor and drawling . Force and slowness , however , are not the only qual- ities essential to distinct articulation . There must be , in addition to the right ...
Página 61
... succession of mechanical sounds . The appropriate style of English accent , is peculiarly forcible and prominent , leaving unaccented sounds very slight to the ear . The excess of this disproportion is , what may be called a natural ...
... succession of mechanical sounds . The appropriate style of English accent , is peculiarly forcible and prominent , leaving unaccented sounds very slight to the ear . The excess of this disproportion is , what may be called a natural ...
Página 64
... succession of the exercises should occasionally be varied , by practising them in inverted order ; and care should be taken to preserve , in the expression of each , that perfect dis- tinctness of articulation without which force of ...
... succession of the exercises should occasionally be varied , by practising them in inverted order ; and care should be taken to preserve , in the expression of each , that perfect dis- tinctness of articulation without which force of ...
Página 82
... succession of words or clauses , -amounting to any number , from two upwards , -so connected in mean- ing , as to be comprehended under the same rule of syntax , by a conjunction expressed or understood . A series which is so formed ...
... succession of words or clauses , -amounting to any number , from two upwards , -so connected in mean- ing , as to be comprehended under the same rule of syntax , by a conjunction expressed or understood . A series which is so formed ...
Términos y frases comunes
accent action adapted Algebra appropriate Arithmetic articulation attention beautiful Boston Boston English cadence cæsura character circumflex commencing common common metre Dictionary diphthong distinct Edward Leavy effect elocution EMERSON'S emotion emphasis English English language enunciation errors example exer EXERCISE expression falling inflection fault feeling force forcible gesture give grace habit Hampden Sydney hand heart Heaven honour iambus instruction Ireland JENKS AND PALMER king language learner lesson liberty lord Lucca manner mind moderate movement Nashville University natural never o'er orthoepy Parley's pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetry position produce pronounced pronunciation prose PUBLISHED BY JENKS pupils requires rising inflection rules Ruph SCHOOL BOOKS sentence sentiment slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech Spelling Book spondee style syllables teacher tence thee thou thought Tigg tion tone trochee unaccented utterance verse voice Walker's Worcester's words young
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Página 183 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 99 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Página 180 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 184 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Página 189 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 106 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Página 75 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 196 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 76 - And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 158 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi