An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...Websters and Skinners, 1828 - 300 Seiten |
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... Pause or rest . Before or after an emphatic pause . tone . 1 - key - note . The diatonic scale indicates all the pitches of the human voice . These consist of eight notes , five tones , and two semi- tones . A knowledge of these notes ...
... Pause or rest . Before or after an emphatic pause . tone . 1 - key - note . The diatonic scale indicates all the pitches of the human voice . These consist of eight notes , five tones , and two semi- tones . A knowledge of these notes ...
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... Pauses , Emphasis , Modulation and Style . CHAPTER I. Of PRONUNCIATION . Pronunciation is the sounding of single letters and single words in reference to certain rules . These rules are custom , analogy and euphony . This is 1. Custom ...
... Pauses , Emphasis , Modulation and Style . CHAPTER I. Of PRONUNCIATION . Pronunciation is the sounding of single letters and single words in reference to certain rules . These rules are custom , analogy and euphony . This is 1. Custom ...
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... PAUSES . Pauses in good reading , are at least seven . At a comma , we should stop till we can count one ; a semi- colon one , two ; a colon one , two , three ; a period one , two , three , four ; at a note of admiration , if not ...
... PAUSES . Pauses in good reading , are at least seven . At a comma , we should stop till we can count one ; a semi- colon one , two ; a colon one , two , three ; a period one , two , three , four ; at a note of admiration , if not ...
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... pause preceding or succeeding the emphatic words - and by changing the seat of accent . 1st . By pitch and stress of voice . We should here remark , that notwithstanding stress of voice necessarily attaches to an increased elevation of ...
... pause preceding or succeeding the emphatic words - and by changing the seat of accent . 1st . By pitch and stress of voice . We should here remark , that notwithstanding stress of voice necessarily attaches to an increased elevation of ...
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... pause immediately preceding or succeeding the em phatic words . This pause in the first instance , awakens curi- osity , and excites expectation ; and in the second , it rolls back the mind , as it were , upon what was last said , and ...
... pause immediately preceding or succeeding the em phatic words . This pause in the first instance , awakens curi- osity , and excites expectation ; and in the second , it rolls back the mind , as it were , upon what was last said , and ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
arms art thou battle beauty behold blessings blood Blush Blushington bosom brave bright character circumflex dark dead dead rise dear death delight diatonic scale Dinah divine Duke of Berri earth Elocution emphasis fame fate father fear feel fire freedom Friendly Hall genius give glory grave Greece hand happiness heard heart heaven honour hope hour house of Bourbon human inflection Julius Cæsar labour lady land liberty light living long quantity look Lord mighty mind moral morning nation nature never night o'er ocean orthoepy passion patriot pause peace phatic pitch pleasure pride pronounced proud racter reading render rising Samian wine scene semitone shore soul sound speak spirit Star-spangled Banner sword syllables taste tears thee things thou thought throne tion tone triumph unto virtue voice wave wild wish words young youth
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Seite 89 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Seite 59 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Seite 107 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Seite 94 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Seite 147 - House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Seite 129 - Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day ! For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ! "Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Seite 94 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Seite 213 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Seite 95 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Seite 263 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand The tempest gather'd o'er her.