Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist." |
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... intense exertion of the vocal organs , is perpetu- ally required , seemed , at one time , destined to sink under the ef- fects of over - exertion ; but having seasonably turned his atten- tion to the systematic practice of vocal ...
... intense exertion of the vocal organs , is perpetu- ally required , seemed , at one time , destined to sink under the ef- fects of over - exertion ; but having seasonably turned his atten- tion to the systematic practice of vocal ...
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... intense interest and ex- citing emotion ; and the breathing becomes , in consequence of the heightened organic action , caused by excessive feel- ing , hard and laborious : its force renders it plainly audible . A sigh , a sob , or a ...
... intense interest and ex- citing emotion ; and the breathing becomes , in consequence of the heightened organic action , caused by excessive feel- ing , hard and laborious : its force renders it plainly audible . A sigh , a sob , or a ...
Page 19
... intense or long continued . Such is the condition of the human being , under the spell of the intellectual instincts , when nature is absorbing the powers of life , for the purposes of fixed thought , and is forbidding utterance , or ...
... intense or long continued . Such is the condition of the human being , under the spell of the intellectual instincts , when nature is absorbing the powers of life , for the purposes of fixed thought , and is forbidding utterance , or ...
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... intense emotion , consists in sudden and violent inspi- ration and expiration , the latter process predominating in force and sound . It is the only form of respiration practi- cable in high organic excitement . The practice of pant ...
... intense emotion , consists in sudden and violent inspi- ration and expiration , the latter process predominating in force and sound . It is the only form of respiration practi- cable in high organic excitement . The practice of pant ...
Page 37
... intense compression of the lips , which prevents the possibility of any audible sound , till the forcible " aspirated , " or whispering , explo- sion , following the maximum of the pressure , is heard , ac- companied by the same ...
... intense compression of the lips , which prevents the possibility of any audible sound , till the forcible " aspirated , " or whispering , explo- sion , following the maximum of the pressure , is heard , ac- companied by the same ...
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abrupt accent appropriate appulsive articulation Aspirated pectoral aspirated quality breath character chest Coriolanus deep degree diatonic diphthong distinct downward earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion enunciation epiglottis error examples exer exercise explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible function gentle give glottis grave guttural habit hath heart heaven horror human voice imparting Impassioned language larynx light lips Lord Low pitch Median stress melody ment mode of utterance moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural o'er Pathos pauses Pectoral Quality perfect pitch practice prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading Rush semitone sentence shouting sion slide soft solemn soul speaking speech style subdued Sublimity subtonic swell syllables Teacher in District thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea tranquil unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words