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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... less than to his attainment of a spirited , effective , and graceful elocution . The correspondent benefits conferred on adults , by a vig- orous course of vocal gymnastics , are of perhaps still higher moment , for the immediate ...
... less than to his attainment of a spirited , effective , and graceful elocution . The correspondent benefits conferred on adults , by a vig- orous course of vocal gymnastics , are of perhaps still higher moment , for the immediate ...
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... less certainty , in the same way . Whatever thus holds true of pronunciation , -a thing subject to the law of prevailing good custom , merely , and liable , therefore , to various interpretations in detail , - is still more emphatically ...
... less certainty , in the same way . Whatever thus holds true of pronunciation , -a thing subject to the law of prevailing good custom , merely , and liable , therefore , to various interpretations in detail , - is still more emphatically ...
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... less common occurrence , there is a medium between ur and air , which elegant usage has established , as the just utterance of e and i joined to the smooth r . 971 O , in or , and o , in on , are apparently considered by Dr. Rush and by ...
... less common occurrence , there is a medium between ur and air , which elegant usage has established , as the just utterance of e and i joined to the smooth r . 971 O , in or , and o , in on , are apparently considered by Dr. Rush and by ...
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... closest discrimination , as regards both the voice , and the motion or action of the organs . If the latter is not exact , the former will be more or less incorrect or vague , confused , and 24 ORTHOPHONY . Vowels and Diphthongs, "Median"
... closest discrimination , as regards both the voice , and the motion or action of the organs . If the latter is not exact , the former will be more or less incorrect or vague , confused , and 24 ORTHOPHONY . Vowels and Diphthongs, "Median"
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... less incorrect or vague , confused , and indefinite . The " radical " movement always demands clearness , force , precision , and spirit , in the execution : the " vanish " requires nice and delicate finish , perfect exactness , but no ...
... less incorrect or vague , confused , and indefinite . The " radical " movement always demands clearness , force , precision , and spirit , in the execution : the " vanish " requires nice and delicate finish , perfect exactness , but no ...
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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