Stammering, and other impediments of speech |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 6
Page 75
... unto you , They have their reward . The rulers , take counsel against the Lord , and against his anointed . He , that sitteth in the heavens , shall laugh ; the Lord , shall have them in derision . Return , O Lord ! deliver my soul : oh ...
... unto you , They have their reward . The rulers , take counsel against the Lord , and against his anointed . He , that sitteth in the heavens , shall laugh ; the Lord , shall have them in derision . Return , O Lord ! deliver my soul : oh ...
Page 86
... unto them his living . And not many days after , the younger son , gathered all together , and took his journey into a far country ; and there , wasted his substance with riotous living . And when he had spent all , there arose a mighty ...
... unto them his living . And not many days after , the younger son , gathered all together , and took his journey into a far country ; and there , wasted his substance with riotous living . And when he had spent all , there arose a mighty ...
Page 87
... unto him , “ Father , I have " sinned against Heaven , and in thy sight , and am no more worthy to be called thy son . " 66 But , the father , said to his servants , " Bring " forth the best robe , and put it on him ; and put a ring on ...
... unto him , “ Father , I have " sinned against Heaven , and in thy sight , and am no more worthy to be called thy son . " 66 But , the father , said to his servants , " Bring " forth the best robe , and put it on him ; and put a ring on ...
Page 88
... unto him , 66 Son , thou art ever " with me , and all , that I have , is thine ; " It was meet , that we should make merry , and " be glad for , this , thy brother , was dead , and is " alive again : and was lost , and is found . " THE ...
... unto him , 66 Son , thou art ever " with me , and all , that I have , is thine ; " It was meet , that we should make merry , and " be glad for , this , thy brother , was dead , and is " alive again : and was lost , and is found . " THE ...
Page 93
... unto it . Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or , Whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there . If I take the wings of the morning , and ...
... unto it . Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or , Whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there . If I take the wings of the morning , and ...
Other editions - View all
Stammering, and Other Impediments of Speech Alexander Bel (professor of Elocution ) No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
afflicted ALEXANDER BELL art of Speaking attempt to speak cause of Stammering ciation Consonants cure current of breath defect difficulty distinct articulation Double Consonants double sounds earth effect ELOCUTIONARY enunciation father fatted calf fect formation gives one ORIGINAL glottis hard harsh pronunciation hath heaven honour hope ILL-MANAGEMENT IMPEDIMENTS OF SPEECH imperfect language letters lips lisp Lord lungs Madame means menced mill's on fire motion name of action o'er obstructing the breath OLD BOND STREET open his mouth ORIGINAL sound patient pauses persons Physicks pine-apples poor principles of vocal PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION prove punctuation Pupils quack relief removal seat SECOND POSITION Selina sentence servant shew shut sleep sonants soul speaker Stam sweet teeth tell thee Thor Thou art Thou hast thought three sounds tion tongue unto upper gum utterance VOCAL ACTION vocal organs vocal sounds voice Whither word
Popular passages
Page 91 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 92 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 80 - Thou art where billows foam, Thou art where music melts upon the air ; Thou art around us in our peaceful home, And the world calls us forth, and thou art there...
Page 86 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to he called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 91 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? Who would fardels bear, To groan and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death,— The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns,—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that...
Page 91 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more ; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep...
Page 82 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Page 81 - Survey'd , and sometimes went , and sometimes ran With supple joints , as lively vigour led : But who I was , or where , or from what cause , Knew not; to speak I tri'd, and forthwith spake, My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. "Thou Sun...
Page 87 - And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 71 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven? — this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since He Who now is...