The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good DeliveryJ. Richardson, 1826 - 213 Seiten |
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... letters afford but little assistance toward ascertain- ing the actual consonant sounds , which are to be heard in the lan- guage : these , without any regard to alphabetical arrangement , are as follows , being twenty - two in number ...
... letters afford but little assistance toward ascertain- ing the actual consonant sounds , which are to be heard in the lan- guage : these , without any regard to alphabetical arrangement , are as follows , being twenty - two in number ...
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... letter h is quite silent ; namely , in heir , honest , honour , hospital , hostler , hour , humble , humour , and all the derivatives . These will be known by the letter not being in italic . In a few words , namely , those in which letter ...
... letter h is quite silent ; namely , in heir , honest , honour , hospital , hostler , hour , humble , humour , and all the derivatives . These will be known by the letter not being in italic . In a few words , namely , those in which letter ...
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... letter appears even at the beginning of words , as will be observed in the following exercise in those words which have not the w in italic . On the other hand , he will find some words without the letter w , where the letter in italic ...
... letter appears even at the beginning of words , as will be observed in the following exercise in those words which have not the w in italic . On the other hand , he will find some words without the letter w , where the letter in italic ...
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... letter u always includes it when pronounced you . This will be understood in the exercise whenever that letter is in capital , or whenever other letters in capital are sounded you . yawn yell he ye yean hear ear year yield you U Use ...
... letter u always includes it when pronounced you . This will be understood in the exercise whenever that letter is in capital , or whenever other letters in capital are sounded you . yawn yell he ye yean hear ear year yield you U Use ...
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... letter j , and also g , if e or i follow , denote the sound ; as in jambe , géant . They are frequently denoted in English by s and z , but they must never be confounded with the common or dental sounds of those letters . Yet perhaps ...
... letter j , and also g , if e or i follow , denote the sound ; as in jambe , géant . They are frequently denoted in English by s and z , but they must never be confounded with the common or dental sounds of those letters . Yet perhaps ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Slender Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood breath Cæsar called clause clouds cohobate Conclusive Accents consonant coward Delight denote Disjunctive Accents downward accent dread ELOCUTION emphatic accent emphatic modulation extempo Exultation fair Falstaff father feeling Fenton force give hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words Justice Shallow letter live looks màn mány mark mastiff meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind Modulative Accents Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels palatal passions Pity plain modulation PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader reading relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds slides Solemnity soul speak speaker Spithridates Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllable tale of tale tences thee thing thou thought Tom Long tone triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue voice VOICE CONSONANTS words youth
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Seite 85 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Seite 82 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Seite 196 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon.
Seite 116 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Seite 82 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Seite 93 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Seite 80 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Seite 182 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Seite 60 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Seite 116 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.