Orthophony, Or the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and the System of Vocal CultureTicknor and Fields, 1855 |
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Page 133
... wave . " This " drift , " or prevailing effect of false intonation , in the " melody of sentences , " pervades the style of voice current in school reading , in academic declamation , and in public addresses , and substitutes something ...
... wave . " This " drift , " or prevailing effect of false intonation , in the " melody of sentences , " pervades the style of voice current in school reading , in academic declamation , and in public addresses , and substitutes something ...
Page 143
... wave , " which some reciters contrive to crowd into the small space of the syllable vic , in the conclusion of Moloch's war - speech , " Which if not victory is yet revenge . " The fierce intensity of emotion , in the true utterance of ...
... wave , " which some reciters contrive to crowd into the small space of the syllable vic , in the conclusion of Moloch's war - speech , " Which if not victory is yet revenge . " The fierce intensity of emotion , in the true utterance of ...
Page 144
... wave , " commencing with the " second , " and extending to the octave , both upward and downward , and on the various degrees of " force " and modes of stress , " together with the distinctions of " pitch , " and the “ ex- pression " of ...
... wave , " commencing with the " second , " and extending to the octave , both upward and downward , and on the various degrees of " force " and modes of stress , " together with the distinctions of " pitch , " and the “ ex- pression " of ...
Page 163
... wave . Utterance , to be natural and effective , must have the genuine expres- sion of its appropriate " movement . " Solemnity cannot exist , to the ear , without slowness , nor gaiety without briskness of utterance , gravity without ...
... wave . Utterance , to be natural and effective , must have the genuine expres- sion of its appropriate " movement . " Solemnity cannot exist , to the ear , without slowness , nor gaiety without briskness of utterance , gravity without ...
Page 165
... waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave ; The moon , their mistress , had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air ; And the clouds perished : Darkness had no need Of aid from them , -She was the universe ...
... waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave ; The moon , their mistress , had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air ; And the clouds perished : Darkness had no need Of aid from them , -She was the universe ...
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accent action appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diatonic diphthong distinct downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error 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 orotund quality orthophony passion pauses pharynx phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm 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 verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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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 136 - And do you now put on your best attire? And do you now cull out a holiday? And do you now strew flowers in his way That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood?
Page 270 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.
Page 239 - HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Page 244 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
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?— God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 135 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 67 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
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 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.