The Practical Elocutionist: Or the Principles of Elocution ...Robert S. Davis, 1850 - 58页 |
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Academy accent adapted articulation aspirated Boston cæsura called circumflex Define denoted elements ellipsis elocution elocutionary analysis emotions emphasis Energetic examined Exercises expression falling inflection feeling Fisk's Greek force of utterance formed full breath Grammar Greenleaf's Arithmetic HARVARD COLLEGE high pitch High School Horror ILLUSTRATIONS intervening phrase kind klst last syllable learners length of pauses loudness low pitch MAGLATHLIN Mental Arithmetic metic moderate monotone MOSES WOOLSON mouth movement musical scale National Arithmetic National Speaker orotund Pathos peculiar PHILLIPS ACADEMY Plaintive Practical Elocutionist Principal pronunciation pupil pure tone rate of utterance reading and speaking Relative Pronouns rhetorical rising inflection rnst Rule eighth Rule fifth Rule fourth Rule second Rule seventh Rule sixth Rule third School Committee Solemnity sound stop mark stress Sublimity SUBTONICS AND ATONICS Sudden Fear syllable syllables ending teachers teeth thou thought tion tongue tonics twist upper fore-teeth Vehement vocal voice Waterville whispered York
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