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 and Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action .... |
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accented action appropriate arising articulation attention beauty blank verse cadence Cæsar character circumflex clauses commencing common common metre connexion cuckoo declamation diphthong distinct effect elocution emotion emphasis emphatic England English language enunciation error example exemplified exer EXERCISE expression Fair lords falchion falling inflection fault feeling feet force forcible gesture give Glengyle grace grave habit hand hath heart Heaven honour iambus Ireland king language learner letter liberty light lord Lucca manner meaning mind moderate movement natural never noble o'er observed orthoepy passage pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetry position practice preceding produce pronounced pronunciation prose pupils reading requires rising inflection Roman senate rule Ruph sentence sentiment slide slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech spirit spondee style sword syllables tence thee thou thought Tigg tion tone trochee true unaccented utterance verse voice Walker's words