An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private LearnersPratt, Woodford & Company, 1852 - 357 pages |
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accent affected agreeable appear applied articulation attention beauty blank verse breath Brutus called Caspar Cesar character circumflex close dark death delight Demosthenes diphthongal distinct earth elementary sounds elocution emphasis emphatick force employed enunciation errour examples EXERCISES expressed eyes falling inflection feel foregoing give hand happy hath heard heart heaven Hezekiah honour human human voice i-de illustrate important learner letters light Lochiel look Lord manner ment mind modulation munt musick nature never Nuremberg o'er observed orthoepy pitch principles pronouncing pronunciation publick radical and vanish reader Remarks rhetorical pauses rising inflection Rule SECTION semitone Sennacherib sense sentence sentiments SIMPLE SERIES slide smile soul speak speaker spirit stress subtonick superiour syllable taste tence thee thing thou thought tion tone tonick elements uncle Toby unequal wave uttered voice vowel wish words youth
