Orthopony; Or the Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice,"W.D. Ticknor & Company, 1849 |
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Page 55
... hand , and from the " serious , " on the other . Example . ETERNITY OF GOD.- Greenwood . " The Throne of Eternity is a throne of mercy and love : God has permitted and invited us to repose ourselves and " GRAVE " STYLE . 55.
... hand , and from the " serious , " on the other . Example . ETERNITY OF GOD.- Greenwood . " The Throne of Eternity is a throne of mercy and love : God has permitted and invited us to repose ourselves and " GRAVE " STYLE . 55.
Page 69
... hand and my heart to this vote ! " “ Sir , before God , I believe the hour is come . My judg- ment approves this measure ; and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ...
... hand and my heart to this vote ! " “ Sir , before God , I believe the hour is come . My judg- ment approves this measure ; and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ...
Page 87
... hand Hath reared these venerable columns ; Thou Didst weave this verdant roof . Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth ; and , forthwith , rose All these fair ranks of trees . They in Thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in ...
... hand Hath reared these venerable columns ; Thou Didst weave this verdant roof . Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth ; and , forthwith , rose All these fair ranks of trees . They in Thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in ...
Page 88
... hands : let the hills be joyful together . " II . " Expulsive " Utterance . " Pure Tone : " " Moderate " Force . 1 ... hand on the mouth open to make its last excuse , and one more is added to the crowded congregation of the dead . " 1 ...
... hands : let the hills be joyful together . " II . " Expulsive " Utterance . " Pure Tone : " " Moderate " Force . 1 ... hand on the mouth open to make its last excuse , and one more is added to the crowded congregation of the dead . " 1 ...
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... hand thaw harsh chat Words comprising elements of opposite character and forma- tion . Awe An Arm End Eve In Ooze Up Ice In Old On add ah ! ebb eel if fool all us always at art ell ear it poor isle if own odd ugh ! ides it ore off Lull ...
... hand thaw harsh chat Words comprising elements of opposite character and forma- tion . Awe An Arm End Eve In Ooze Up Ice In Old On add ah ! ebb eel if fool all us always at art ell ear it poor isle if own odd ugh ! ides it ore off Lull ...
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accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exemplified exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch marked Median stress melody Metre Middle pitch Moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural notes o'er octave orotund quality orthophony passages passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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Page 258 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet 1 — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains...
Page 198 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed ; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all...
Page 266 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 116 - ... well, Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
Page 125 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 251 - Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen, Satyrs and Sylvan boys, were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green. Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear, And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 293 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet, entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's...
Page 287 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come!" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Page 269 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 87 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.