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... tion , the diaphragm descends , and so enlarges the capacity of the chest : in expiration , it ascends , and , pressing on the lungs , expels the inspired air . 4. The LARYNX arises from the windpipe , and contains the material organs ...
... tion , the diaphragm descends , and so enlarges the capacity of the chest : in expiration , it ascends , and , pressing on the lungs , expels the inspired air . 4. The LARYNX arises from the windpipe , and contains the material organs ...
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... tion is not sufficient , EXTEND THAT TONE by giving it a force and volume proportioned either to the place that you wish to fill , or to the distance of those whom you address ; but preserve the usual key of the natural tone . By not ...
... tion is not sufficient , EXTEND THAT TONE by giving it a force and volume proportioned either to the place that you wish to fill , or to the distance of those whom you address ; but preserve the usual key of the natural tone . By not ...
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... tion depends on the clear enunciation of certain elements called , gene- rally , consonants . The articulative elements may be uttered either separately , or connectively as in words . In the English language there are four modes of ...
... tion depends on the clear enunciation of certain elements called , gene- rally , consonants . The articulative elements may be uttered either separately , or connectively as in words . In the English language there are four modes of ...
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... tion : it superadds the initial part of a vowel sound , which is directed , with a guttural murmur , into the pharynx . This , thee , there , thine , thither , though , beneath , booth , tithe , with , wreathe , brethren , farthing ...
... tion : it superadds the initial part of a vowel sound , which is directed , with a guttural murmur , into the pharynx . This , thee , there , thine , thither , though , beneath , booth , tithe , with , wreathe , brethren , farthing ...
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... tion . As a general rule , liable to a few exceptions , it may be stated , that every THIRD syllable requires an accent , and every fifth at least a primary accent . 106. All words of four syllables , accented on the first , are ...
... tion . As a general rule , liable to a few exceptions , it may be stated , that every THIRD syllable requires an accent , and every fifth at least a primary accent . 106. All words of four syllables , accented on the first , are ...
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accent action awful beauty behold beneath blood bosom brave breast breath Circumflex clouds cried dark dead death deep degree delight despair Diag Diagram diphthongal dread earth elevated Elocution emphatic eternal Excalibur expression eyes Falling Inflexion father fear feel Gelert gesture give glory glottis grace grave hand hast hath heard heart heaven honour hour human king King Arthur Lars Porsena larynx light limbs lips living look lord loud Mark Antony marked mind Modulative monophthong motion nature never night o'er oratorical words pain passions pause pharynx pleasure pride principal Quintilian Rapture Rising Inflexion round scene sense sentence silent Sir Bedivere sleep smile solemn sorrow soul sound speech spirit stood sweet sword syllable tears tempest thee thine things thou art thought tion tone triphthong utterance vocal voice waves weep wild wind youth
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Page 62 - 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 302 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 131 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive...
Page 186 - Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self ! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf. Adieu ! adieu ! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades : Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music: — do I wake or sleep?
Page 358 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 419 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 287 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it...
Page 302 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 130 - These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye : But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart ; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Page 184 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...