Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and the System of Vocal Culture |
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... feeling , and an augmented activity of mind . To persons whose habits are studious and sedentary , and especially to females , the vigorous exercise of the organs of respiration and of voice , is , in every point of view , an invaluable ...
... feeling , and an augmented activity of mind . To persons whose habits are studious and sedentary , and especially to females , the vigorous exercise of the organs of respiration and of voice , is , in every point of view , an invaluable ...
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... feeling , and , consequently , with a clear state of thought , utters his ideas distinctly and impressively , without special study . But defective organization , neglected habit , false tendencies of feeling , and confused conceptions ...
... feeling , and , consequently , with a clear state of thought , utters his ideas distinctly and impressively , without special study . But defective organization , neglected habit , false tendencies of feeling , and confused conceptions ...
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... feeling of a reader or speaker , and , at the same time , to recognize the " quality , " as it is termed , - of his voice . -- -- WHISPERING . The progressive discipline of the organs , for the purposes of utter- ance , comprises the ...
... feeling of a reader or speaker , and , at the same time , to recognize the " quality , " as it is termed , - of his voice . -- -- WHISPERING . The progressive discipline of the organs , for the purposes of utter- ance , comprises the ...
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... feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars to the lulled lake , and mountain coast , All is concentrated in a life intense , Where not a beam , nor air ...
... feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars to the lulled lake , and mountain coast , All is concentrated in a life intense , Where not a beam , nor air ...
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... feelings of the heart , when the mechanical processes of spelling and syllabication com- mence , and the voice becomes adapted to the routine of reading , as commonly taught at school . - Judicious culture might evidently pre- serve ...
... feelings of the heart , when the mechanical processes of spelling and syllabication com- mence , and the voice becomes adapted to the routine of reading , as commonly taught at school . - Judicious culture might evidently pre- serve ...
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abrupt accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality atonic becomes BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest command Coriolanus deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion enunciation error exact exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light lips Low pitch Median stress melody Middle Pitch Moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural notes o'er orotund quality passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged pronunciation prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading render Rush scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic swell syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words