Vocal and Action-language Culture and ExpressionLee and Shepard, 1884 - 234 páginas |
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... of ability . ( 3. ) Finally , the necessity of cultivating oratory is found in its relation to the press . As the personality of the man can never 2 be printed , as the magical influence of voice and INTRODUCTION . 17.
... of ability . ( 3. ) Finally , the necessity of cultivating oratory is found in its relation to the press . As the personality of the man can never 2 be printed , as the magical influence of voice and INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... never be put upon the printed page , as the flashing eye , the energy , the life of the speaker can never be shown upon paper , therefore must speech always remain superior to the press . Some people talk about the press usurping the ...
... never be put upon the printed page , as the flashing eye , the energy , the life of the speaker can never be shown upon paper , therefore must speech always remain superior to the press . Some people talk about the press usurping the ...
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... never measure with those of a Pitt or a Whitefield . I hope a fuller plea for the study may be found in the system presented . 2. OPINIONS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN . The Archbishop of York , speaking before King's College evening classes ...
... never measure with those of a Pitt or a Whitefield . I hope a fuller plea for the study may be found in the system presented . 2. OPINIONS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN . The Archbishop of York , speaking before King's College evening classes ...
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... never attain any considerable success . " 3.- HISTORY OF ELOCUTION . If we may be permitted to speak of an eloquent monument , a speaking picture or statue , if it is at all true that " action speaks louder than words , " then any means ...
... never attain any considerable success . " 3.- HISTORY OF ELOCUTION . If we may be permitted to speak of an eloquent monument , a speaking picture or statue , if it is at all true that " action speaks louder than words , " then any means ...
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... breath . " This should never occur , even in the most impas- sioned discourse or utterance . Another faulty habit to be overcome , is the most vicious one of using only the top part of the lungs 52 VOCAL CULTURE AND EXPRESSION .
... breath . " This should never occur , even in the most impas- sioned discourse or utterance . Another faulty habit to be overcome , is the most vicious one of using only the top part of the lungs 52 VOCAL CULTURE AND EXPRESSION .
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accented action Action-language arms articulation Arytenoid cartilage attitude audience Bell body breathing cadence Cæsar called cartilage Casca Catiline cavities chest circumflex cords bands cricoid cricoid cartilage cubic inches delivery Demosthenes diaphragmatic diaphragmatic breathing discourse discrete pitch emotion emphasis epiglottis Exercise expiration expression face Falling slide fault fingers force front gesture give glottis habit hand hath head heard heart indicates inflection intervals language larynx lifted lips Lochinvar long quantity loud low pitch lungs MEDIAN STRESS melody monotone mouth movement muscles musical nature octave orator oratory passion pause pharynx pitch position Practice pronunciation quality of voice resonance ribs Rising slide semitone sentence slow rate soft palate sound speak speaker speech strong syllable teeth thee thou thought throat thyroid thyroid cartilage tink tion tone tongue unaccented upper partial utterance vertebral column vibration vocal bands vocal cords vocal effort vocal ligaments vowel word
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Página 149 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Página 193 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet. That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 149 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Página 155 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with one man?
Página 109 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 194 - You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
Página 193 - For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Página 176 - Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Página 228 - Morn and eve, night and day, Have I piloted your bay, Entered free and anchored fast at the foot of Solidor. Burn the fleet and ruin France? That were worse than fifty Hogues! Sirs, they know I speak the truth! Sirs, believe me there's a way! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable...
Página 194 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm • To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo for evermore!