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... CHAPTER X. Force or Quality 152 CHAPTER XI . Modulation of the Voice 158 CHAPTER XII . Management of the Vocal and Enunciative Organs 170 CHAPTER XIII . Intonation 177 CHAPTER XIV . Action Page 183 CHAPTER XV . Conclusion vi CONTENTS .
... CHAPTER X. Force or Quality 152 CHAPTER XI . Modulation of the Voice 158 CHAPTER XII . Management of the Vocal and Enunciative Organs 170 CHAPTER XIII . Intonation 177 CHAPTER XIV . Action Page 183 CHAPTER XV . Conclusion vi CONTENTS .
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Rev. Samuel Wood. CHAPTER XIV . Action Page 183 CHAPTER XV . Conclusion 194 ERRATUM . \ Page 41 , line 2 from bottom , for built read built . INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ELOCUTION , AND CONTENTS . vii.
Rev. Samuel Wood. CHAPTER XIV . Action Page 183 CHAPTER XV . Conclusion 194 ERRATUM . \ Page 41 , line 2 from bottom , for built read built . INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ELOCUTION , AND CONTENTS . vii.
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... actions . True worth is modest and retired . III . Between the object and the modifying words in their inverted order . Adjectives and adverbs are the modifying words here referred to ; the former have nouns for their object , the ...
... actions . True worth is modest and retired . III . Between the object and the modifying words in their inverted order . Adjectives and adverbs are the modifying words here referred to ; the former have nouns for their object , the ...
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... action , some in ease ; Those call it pleasure , and contentment these . The pleasures of the imagination taken in their full extent are not so gross as those of sense , nor so refined as those of the understanding . In this example we ...
... action , some in ease ; Those call it pleasure , and contentment these . The pleasures of the imagination taken in their full extent are not so gross as those of sense , nor so refined as those of the understanding . In this example we ...
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... action ; without which part , he affirms , that the best orator in the world can never succeed , and an indifferent one , \ / \ who is master of this , shall gain much greater applause . / \ Exercise and temperance strengthen the consti ...
... action ; without which part , he affirms , that the best orator in the world can never succeed , and an indifferent one , \ / \ who is master of this , shall gain much greater applause . / \ Exercise and temperance strengthen the consti ...
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accent accident of speech acquire action adopt ÆNEID ÆSCHYLUS antithesis audience beginning cadence Cæsar called circumflex clause Commencing common common metre concluding Crotchet degree delivery discourse distinction Edition Elocution emphasis of force Emphasis of Sense emphatic word endeavour English EXAMPLES expressed Fair Penitent falling inflection flection following lines following sentence give graces Grammar Greek heaven heavy syllable HEBREW LANGUAGE human voice Interlinear Translation language Latin latter loud manner marked melody metre mind musical scale nature necessary observed organic emphasis passion perceive phasis phatic pitch pleasures poetry principal PROFESSOR pronounced pronunciation prose quantity Quaver reader reading and speaking require the rising rhythmus rising inflection rule simple series slide soft sound speaker spoken style syllabic emphasis taste tence thee thing thou hast tion triple triple metre variety verb verse vowels ر ر