A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ... |
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... FIGURES , ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUBJECT . BY ANDREW COMSTOCK , M.D. PRINCIPAL OF THE VOCAL AND POLYGLOTT GYMNASIUM . Can Elocution be taught ? This question has heretofore been asked through ignorance . it shall hereafter be ...
... FIGURES , ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUBJECT . BY ANDREW COMSTOCK , M.D. PRINCIPAL OF THE VOCAL AND POLYGLOTT GYMNASIUM . Can Elocution be taught ? This question has heretofore been asked through ignorance . it shall hereafter be ...
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... Figure 1 , page 70 . NOTE . The Figures which illustrate the subject of this work , were drawn and engraved by Croome and Minot ; the Diagrams were engraved by Mumford . I CONTENTS . ELOCUTION . Page 11 14 15 Introduction Preliminary vi ...
... Figure 1 , page 70 . NOTE . The Figures which illustrate the subject of this work , were drawn and engraved by Croome and Minot ; the Diagrams were engraved by Mumford . I CONTENTS . ELOCUTION . Page 11 14 15 Introduction Preliminary vi ...
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... figure between 8 and w , shows the gradual diminution of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance of the first constituent , and the remaining portion shows the stationary position of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance ...
... figure between 8 and w , shows the gradual diminution of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance of the first constituent , and the remaining portion shows the stationary position of the aperture of the mouth during the utterance ...
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... 3 . There are several varieties of each of these modes of time . When a piece is in common time , and each measure contains two quavers , or their equivalent , the figures are prefixed to the words , or the music 64 ELOCUTION .
... 3 . There are several varieties of each of these modes of time . When a piece is in common time , and each measure contains two quavers , or their equivalent , the figures are prefixed to the words , or the music 64 ELOCUTION .
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... figures are prefixed to the words , or the music . The upper figure , in each of these cases , shows how many notes of a certain descrip- tion there are in each measure ; and the lower figure , how many of these notes are equal in value ...
... figures are prefixed to the words , or the music . The upper figure , in each of these cases , shows how many notes of a certain descrip- tion there are in each measure ; and the lower figure , how many of these notes are equal in value ...
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