Orthophony, Or, The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice" and the System of Vocal Culture Introduced by Mr. James Murdoch : Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist"William D. Ticknor, 1848 - 300 Seiten |
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... close and long con- tinued application of mind , and , perhaps , an impaired state of health , or a feeble constitution , prevent , in many instances , the free and forcible use of those muscles on which voice is dependent . Hence ...
... close and long con- tinued application of mind , and , perhaps , an impaired state of health , or a feeble constitution , prevent , in many instances , the free and forcible use of those muscles on which voice is dependent . Hence ...
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... But they seem to be indispensable in teaching , which 1 A shorter quantity , but the same in quality , with oo in ooze . requires exact and close discriminations , in order to obtain ORTHOËPY . 19 Tonic Elements, "STRESS,"
... But they seem to be indispensable in teaching , which 1 A shorter quantity , but the same in quality , with oo in ooze . requires exact and close discriminations , in order to obtain ORTHOËPY . 19 Tonic Elements, "STRESS,"
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... close discriminations , in order to obtain accuracy in practice . 17. Oi , as in Oi - l . 18. U , as in U - se , sounding long in the verb , short in the noun . [ The student's attention should be directed to the following obser ...
... close discriminations , in order to obtain accuracy in practice . 17. Oi , as in Oi - l . 18. U , as in U - se , sounding long in the verb , short in the noun . [ The student's attention should be directed to the following obser ...
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... close a sound to the ear , nor executed by so much muscu- lar pressure in the organs . The literal flat sound ... close , like that of e in merit ; thus , " Air , ' airth , " " maircy . " But cultivated and correct pronunciation , while ...
... close a sound to the ear , nor executed by so much muscu- lar pressure in the organs . The literal flat sound ... close , like that of e in merit ; thus , " Air , ' airth , " " maircy . " But cultivated and correct pronunciation , while ...
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... close dis- crimination and careful analysis . Many of the worst errors in the enunciation of words , are owing to slight oversights about the true sound of a letter . Without strict attention to details , there can , in this particular ...
... close dis- crimination and careful analysis . Many of the worst errors in the enunciation of words , are owing to slight oversights about the true sound of a letter . Without strict attention to details , there can , in this particular ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent ah ah appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch Median stress melody Metre Middle pitch mode Moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural notes o'er octave orotund quality orthophony passion pauses pharynx phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic syllables termed thee thou tion tonic trachea unimpassioned upward slide utterance vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 257 - Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet,...
Seite 198 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed ; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all...
Seite 136 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Seite 116 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Seite 266 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Seite 284 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Seite 244 - Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Seite 269 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Seite 275 - Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies, streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, — bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as 'What is all this worth?
Seite 267 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.