The Orator's Manual: A Practical and Philosophical Treatise on Vocal Culture, Emphasis and Gesture, Together with Selections for Declamation and Reading ... |
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Page 15
... dropping of which , in order to exhale , forces the abdomen out . This habit weakens the lower lungs , by keeping one from using them . It weakens , also , the upper lungs , by employ- ing them for a purpose for which they are not 15.
... dropping of which , in order to exhale , forces the abdomen out . This habit weakens the lower lungs , by keeping one from using them . It weakens , also , the upper lungs , by employ- ing them for a purpose for which they are not 15.
Page 24
... drop the chest . ( § 7 : a . ) In the following , if a beginner , place the arms akimbo , with fingers pointing forward , then throw shoulders ( not body ) forward so as to keep the chest down , and with fingers gently drawing apart the ...
... drop the chest . ( § 7 : a . ) In the following , if a beginner , place the arms akimbo , with fingers pointing forward , then throw shoulders ( not body ) forward so as to keep the chest down , and with fingers gently drawing apart the ...
Page 25
... drop the w , yet keep the vowel where it was with the w before it ; thus : woe , woe , oh , oh , etc. Practice oh , on a comparatively high key , for five or ten minutes . When aw can be made properly , as indi- cated below , bringing ...
... drop the w , yet keep the vowel where it was with the w before it ; thus : woe , woe , oh , oh , etc. Practice oh , on a comparatively high key , for five or ten minutes . When aw can be made properly , as indi- cated below , bringing ...
Page 78
... drop my blood for drachmas , than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trásh By any indirection . I did send To you for gold to pay my lègions , Which you denîed me : was that done like Cassius ? Should I have answered ...
... drop my blood for drachmas , than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trásh By any indirection . I did send To you for gold to pay my lègions , Which you denîed me : was that done like Cassius ? Should I have answered ...
Page 131
... drop , with fingers closed , to its normal position at the side , but because the gesture , whenever it is made , sug- gests the idea of closing the mind to outside influence , of pushing down or away , or of warding off , repressing ...
... drop , with fingers closed , to its normal position at the side , but because the gesture , whenever it is made , sug- gests the idea of closing the mind to outside influence , of pushing down or away , or of warding off , repressing ...
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abdomen abrupt arms Aspirate audience blood blót brave breast breath Cæsar circumflex clause close conditional mood crimson glory downward e. g. Daily elbow emphasis emphatic England express expulsive falling inflection feel Finger gesture fingers forward Ft on waist gentlemen George Croly gesture give grave Greece guttural hand heart heaven honor idem idem idem imperative mood Ireland liberty lift light lips Lochinvar Lord loud median stress medium pitch melody move movement nation Netherby never o'er orotund passages pauses position principle prone pure rising inflection Roman Rome Rússia Semitonic sentence sentiment side slide slow soft sound Spartacus syllables tell Terminal Stress thee thou thought tion tone tr R C unemphatic utterance Virgínia voice vowel W tr wave words wrist