A Grammar of Elocution: Adapted to the Use of Teachers and Learners in the Art of Reading; Being a Digest of the Principles of Vocal Delivery. An Inductive System, in Three Parts: Articulation, Intonation, and Measure as Taught at the Vocal Institute, Philadelphia |
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... thing does not abrogate the just and proper application of it . And when we consider the nature of the principle now in question , that it is not a fanciful contrivance gotten up as a plausible expe- dient ; nor an illustration merely ...
... thing does not abrogate the just and proper application of it . And when we consider the nature of the principle now in question , that it is not a fanciful contrivance gotten up as a plausible expe- dient ; nor an illustration merely ...
Page xvi
... science , in car- rying forward all sorts of reform . Neither would I be understood to say that I esteem it an easy thing to reduce the practical teaching of elo- cution wholly to a system of rules , which may xvi AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... science , in car- rying forward all sorts of reform . Neither would I be understood to say that I esteem it an easy thing to reduce the practical teaching of elo- cution wholly to a system of rules , which may xvi AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
Page 74
... things which we can teach ; and devote our time to the removal of all obstacles within our reach , which obstruct the agreeable and correct use of the voice . So we have but little to say on the subject of timbre . Many persons are in ...
... things which we can teach ; and devote our time to the removal of all obstacles within our reach , which obstruct the agreeable and correct use of the voice . So we have but little to say on the subject of timbre . Many persons are in ...
Page 84
... thing to keep informed of the changes gradually taking place in polished circles , as to the accent of words ; and an acquaintance of six weeks ' time , with the last edition of Webster or Worcester , will put any careful student beyond ...
... thing to keep informed of the changes gradually taking place in polished circles , as to the accent of words ; and an acquaintance of six weeks ' time , with the last edition of Webster or Worcester , will put any careful student beyond ...
Page 94
... things , even among those who are sticklers for the right way . And , to conform to the most approved usage of the day , I have no hesitation in choos- ing the short sound of the vowel , heroine , prelate , prebendary , & c . This ...
... things , even among those who are sticklers for the right way . And , to conform to the most approved usage of the day , I have no hesitation in choos- ing the short sound of the vowel , heroine , prelate , prebendary , & c . This ...
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accented syllable beauty cadence called ceived cerns CHAPTER character circumflex cognate commence consonant correct elocution emphasis English language exercises eyes father fault fore giki give habit hallowed ground hand harmonious hath heard heart heaven Hecuba Human Voice intonation Jesus language letter light lord MALVOLIO marked measure melody mind musical intervals musical scale nation nature never night orbs pause peace Phila pitch pool of Siloam practice praise prangly principles pronounced pronunciation pupil quired reading represented rest RICHARD III Romeo scoring second member sentence slavery sleep soul Speak gently speech spirit spoken sub-vowel sound sweet tain teacher teaching thee thine thing thou art thra three syllables tion tone unaccented syllables unto utterance vocal voice vowel element vowel sound whou widely inflected Λ Λ
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Page 284 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Page 125 - The Prince of Cumberland ! that is a step, On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires ; Let not light see my black and deep desires : The eye wink at the hand ; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 286 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me...
Page 282 - With that grim ferryman which poets write of. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick : Who cried aloud: 'What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
Page 285 - Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd ; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? And all for nothing ! For Hecuba ! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba," That he should weep for her...
Page 291 - Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.
Page 274 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Page 288 - Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.
Page 201 - The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
Page 274 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,