The Speaker: Being One of a Series of Handbooks Upon Practical Expression Criticism at Princeton College. An Abridgement of The Orator's ManualSilver, Burdett and Company, 1892 - 308 páginas |
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... indicated in these first two chapters , continued through months and years . For the first few weeks , until the muscles of the diaphragm and throat can be expanded and contracted with the sound at will , only the elementary exercises ...
... indicated in these first two chapters , continued through months and years . For the first few weeks , until the muscles of the diaphragm and throat can be expanded and contracted with the sound at will , only the elementary exercises ...
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... indicated by the sonants and breathing sounds by the surds . sonants . First three for nasal passages . * V. RATE . Practise 00 , but espe- cially oh , aw , and later , ah . I. Effusively . Walk- ing slowly , with arms akimbo , sound ...
... indicated by the sonants and breathing sounds by the surds . sonants . First three for nasal passages . * V. RATE . Practise 00 , but espe- cially oh , aw , and later , ah . I. Effusively . Walk- ing slowly , with arms akimbo , sound ...
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... indicates that it , rather than any other , specifies that which conveys to the con- ception of the speaker the import , information , or peculiarity of the expression . This example shows also the importance , if we wish to be rightly ...
... indicates that it , rather than any other , specifies that which conveys to the con- ception of the speaker the import , information , or peculiarity of the expression . This example shows also the importance , if we wish to be rightly ...
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... indicate the relation that they hold to other words and clauses ; hence a . Emphasis on Account of Association . Words or series of words associated with each other , either by being in apposition or by having similar grammatical ...
... indicate the relation that they hold to other words and clauses ; hence a . Emphasis on Account of Association . Words or series of words associated with each other , either by being in apposition or by having similar grammatical ...
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... indicates the mind's measurement of it , repre- sents the speaker's judgment as to the amount of meaning or importance that it conveys . · - Pitch . When , either abruptly , as in the emphatic slides , or gradually , as in unemphatic ...
... indicates the mind's measurement of it , repre- sents the speaker's judgment as to the amount of meaning or importance that it conveys . · - Pitch . When , either abruptly , as in the emphatic slides , or gradually , as in unemphatic ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abdomen affirmative arms audience body breath cause character chest circumflex civilization clause close conditional mood consonants divisions E. S. Werner elbow Elocution emphasis Eustachian tubes expression falling inflection Finger gesture fingers force forward Ft on waist gesture give h RC hand heart human idea idem idem idem imperative mood influence larynx LESSON liberty lift LIST OF SPEECHES literature Lord lungs mind moral mouth move movement nation nature object Orator's Manual orotund palate palm pause pharynx Phila philosophy phraseology position Practise Princeton College principle PRIZE ORATION prone Puritan Reign of Terror rising inflection Rússia sentence side soft palate soul sound speaker speech spirit Stoicism straight syllable Terminal Stress things thou thought throat thumb tion tone tr R C unto utterance uvula vocal voice vowels words wrist
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Página 72 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Página 32 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Página 40 - They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, "We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Página 18 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Página 33 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Página 18 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son...
Página 42 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Página 27 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Página 155 - Events which shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the Evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no -earthly sacrifice.