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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... thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb - From nature's chain whatever link you strike , tenth or ten- thousandth , breaks the chain alike . z in blaze , as , is , was , views , moves , baths , bathes , balls , pains , commas ...
... thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb - From nature's chain whatever link you strike , tenth or ten- thousandth , breaks the chain alike . z in blaze , as , is , was , views , moves , baths , bathes , balls , pains , commas ...
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... hand ; 171 * In the rest of this book the bars indicate pauses , but here they are used as in music , and only the musical rests indicate pauses . There There had the | Persian's | thousands | stood 36 ORATOR'S MANUAL .
... hand ; 171 * In the rest of this book the bars indicate pauses , but here they are used as in music , and only the musical rests indicate pauses . There There had the | Persian's | thousands | stood 36 ORATOR'S MANUAL .
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... thousands | stood , | had the | glad | earth | drunk their | blood | | On | old Pla- | tæa's | day : | And now The sons there | breathed that | haunted | air ♥ | of | sires who | conquered | there , I With | arm to strike | and | soul ...
... thousands | stood , | had the | glad | earth | drunk their | blood | | On | old Pla- | tæa's | day : | And now The sons there | breathed that | haunted | air ♥ | of | sires who | conquered | there , I With | arm to strike | and | soul ...
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... Thousands || of them | that love | me . 38. In emphasizing by the pause , there is a natural tendency to group or mass ( see §§ 152 , 153 ) words together , the less important around the more important , and to consider each phrase thus ...
... Thousands || of them | that love | me . 38. In emphasizing by the pause , there is a natural tendency to group or mass ( see §§ 152 , 153 ) words together , the less important around the more important , and to consider each phrase thus ...
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... thousand pound I could run as fast as thou canst . You are straight enough in the shoulders ; you care not who sees your back . Call you that backing of your friends ? A plague upon sûch backing ! Medium pitch , orotund and guttural . 6 ...
... thousand pound I could run as fast as thou canst . You are straight enough in the shoulders ; you care not who sees your back . Call you that backing of your friends ? A plague upon sûch backing ! Medium pitch , orotund and guttural . 6 ...
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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