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... brings out the subtler meanings of language through the proper enunciation of the words . It is one of the three essential branches of oratory , and necessary to the highest success in public speaking . To all instructors , needful ; to ...
... brings out the subtler meanings of language through the proper enunciation of the words . It is one of the three essential branches of oratory , and necessary to the highest success in public speaking . To all instructors , needful ; to ...
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... brings the body to an erect position , while the arms are carried back , down , and up in front to commencing position . Performed with energy , this is a most invigorating and economical practice , giving the pupil the greatest amount ...
... brings the body to an erect position , while the arms are carried back , down , and up in front to commencing position . Performed with energy , this is a most invigorating and economical practice , giving the pupil the greatest amount ...
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... bringing the chin over the shoulder , then to the left and repeat . 3. Sideward . Incline the head over the right shoul- der , then over the left , and so continue . 4. Circular Movement of Head . Incline the head to the right , let it ...
... bringing the chin over the shoulder , then to the left and repeat . 3. Sideward . Incline the head over the right shoul- der , then over the left , and so continue . 4. Circular Movement of Head . Incline the head to the right , let it ...
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... bringing the weight of the body chiefly on the ball of the right foot . Return to first position . 2. ADVANCE POISE . - From first position advance the right foot six or eight inches to the right oblique , changing the poise as before ...
... bringing the weight of the body chiefly on the ball of the right foot . Return to first position . 2. ADVANCE POISE . - From first position advance the right foot six or eight inches to the right oblique , changing the poise as before ...
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... bringing back the right to its former place at right angles to heel of the left . 2. In the same way , step to the right oblique , and back . 3. Then directly to the right and back . 4. Next , to the right backward oblique , allowing ...
... bringing back the right to its former place at right angles to heel of the left . 2. In the same way , step to the right oblique , and back . 3. Then directly to the right and back . 4. Next , to the right backward oblique , allowing ...
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abdominal ad ag ALICE CARY angels arms articulation Arytenoid Muscle aspirates bell Billy blow body breast breath Cæsar Calisthenic Cartilage combinations Coriolanus dark elements elocution Epiglottis exercises eyes face fall fingers front gesture given giving the syllables glottis go jo golden grace hand head heard heart heaven Julius Cæsar la la la larynx light lips look lungs Milly monophthongs mother mouth movement muscles Neptany never night o'er oblique Othello pause phatic physical expression pitch position practice production of tone resonant right foot Ring rise sentence Shakespeare short vocal side sing sleep slide smile soft soft palate song soul speak speaker student of elocution sub-vocals sweet tell thee There's thou throat Thyroid Cartilage tion tongue Trachea Twas vocal ligaments Voice Culture whisper wind words
Popular passages
Page 301 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 213 - The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say "This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 234 - Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 233 - The gay will laugh / When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 68 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 174 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 235 - This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea...
Page 144 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 168 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 200 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we...