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... reasons the ancients regarded articulation as the first requisite in delivery ; -- without which indeed , all other acquisitions are vain . On this account Cicero says , * the Catuli were esteemed the best speakers of the Latin language ...
... reasons the ancients regarded articulation as the first requisite in delivery ; -- without which indeed , all other acquisitions are vain . On this account Cicero says , * the Catuli were esteemed the best speakers of the Latin language ...
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... reason for the difficult utter- ance of the line lately quoted from the same writer ; Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone . The poet compels us , in spite of metrical harmony , to lay an accent on each syllable . But the ...
... reason for the difficult utter- ance of the line lately quoted from the same writer ; Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone . The poet compels us , in spite of metrical harmony , to lay an accent on each syllable . But the ...
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... reason can be assigned for this or not , the fact seems unquestionable . A groan or shriek utter- ed by the human voice , is not only more intelligible than words , but more instantly awakens our sensibility than any signs of distress ...
... reason can be assigned for this or not , the fact seems unquestionable . A groan or shriek utter- ed by the human voice , is not only more intelligible than words , but more instantly awakens our sensibility than any signs of distress ...
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... reason why he should have read it as he did ? why he or they should read it again in the same man- -or ner ? Can that reason be made intelligible ? Doubtless TONES AND INFLECTIONS . 39.
... reason why he should have read it as he did ? why he or they should read it again in the same man- -or ner ? Can that reason be made intelligible ? Doubtless TONES AND INFLECTIONS . 39.
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Ebenezer Porter. ner ? Can that reason be made intelligible ? Doubtless it may , if it is founded on any stated law of delivery . The pupils then , need not rest in a servile imitation of their teacher's manner , but are entitled to ask ...
Ebenezer Porter. ner ? Can that reason be made intelligible ? Doubtless it may , if it is founded on any stated law of delivery . The pupils then , need not rest in a servile imitation of their teacher's manner , but are entitled to ask ...
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Absalom accent action Ahimaaz angels answer arms art thou behold blood Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex common dark dead death delivery denote distinction dread earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal Euboea example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire gesture give grave habits hand hath hear heard hearers heart heaven HYMN Iago imitation immortal Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain never o'er open vowels orator palms united passions pause phatic poetry praise pride 15 principles PSALM reader remarks rhetorical rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine things thought throne thunder tion tones utterance voice words