The Art of Elocution: From the Simple Articulation of the Elemental Sounds of Language, Up to the Highest Tone of Expression in Speech, Attainable by the Human Voice |
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... practice ; and shall make it a Text - Book , both with my private pupils , and my Classes at the Royal Academy of Music ; for which purpose send me two hun- dred copies . I shall recommend it also to the Elocutionary Professors of our ...
... practice ; and shall make it a Text - Book , both with my private pupils , and my Classes at the Royal Academy of Music ; for which purpose send me two hun- dred copies . I shall recommend it also to the Elocutionary Professors of our ...
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... practice as an instructor . The Author has great pleasure in acknow- ledging the valuable suggestions which he has received and adopted , from his father , JOHN VANDENHOFF , Esq . , Pro- fessor of Elocution at the Royal Academy of Music ...
... practice as an instructor . The Author has great pleasure in acknow- ledging the valuable suggestions which he has received and adopted , from his father , JOHN VANDENHOFF , Esq . , Pro- fessor of Elocution at the Royal Academy of Music ...
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... practice of a vicious habit . Hence , it is not thought preposterous , or unworthy of a gen- tleman , to learn to walk , or at least to improve his personal carriage , under the directions of a drill - serjeant and a fen- cing master ...
... practice of a vicious habit . Hence , it is not thought preposterous , or unworthy of a gen- tleman , to learn to walk , or at least to improve his personal carriage , under the directions of a drill - serjeant and a fen- cing master ...
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... practice has made master of his weapon , uses it ra- pidly and with effect , without thinking of the names of the guards or parades that he is executing . " When one is learning a language , he attends to the sounds ; but when he is ...
... practice has made master of his weapon , uses it ra- pidly and with effect , without thinking of the names of the guards or parades that he is executing . " When one is learning a language , he attends to the sounds ; but when he is ...
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... practice is utterly unworthy of regard ; and then , it is contended that Logic ( Elocution ) has no such tendency , on the plea that men may and do reason ( speak ) correctly without it : an objection which would equally ap- ply in the ...
... practice is utterly unworthy of regard ; and then , it is contended that Logic ( Elocution ) has no such tendency , on the plea that men may and do reason ( speak ) correctly without it : an objection which would equally ap- ply in the ...
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accelerando accented ADRASTUS antithesis arms articulation beauty blood breath Brutus Cæsar Cassius character Christian close common compound inflections dark death delivery diphthongal distinct doth ducats earth elementary sounds emphasis of force emphasis of sense EXAMPLES exercise expression falling inflection feeling gesture give Godfrey of Bouillon grace hand Harfleur hath heard heart heaven Helon high pitch honor hope human voice Intonation king language light live Lochinvar Lord marked MEDON melody ment mercy middle pause middle pitch mind nature Netherby never noble o'er orator passage passion perfect practice presto pronominal phrase prose prosodial quired reading rhythm rising inflection Roche Rome rules sentence Shylock simple solemn soul speak speaker speech spirit style syllables system of Elocution thee thought tion tone tonic sound utterance Vandenhoff's Venice verse voice vowel weep word