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MODULATION , VARIETY , AND RATE OF UTTERANCE . The modulation of the voice is the proper management of its tones , so as to produce grateful melodies to the ear . Upon the modulation of the voice , depends that variety which is so ...
MODULATION , VARIETY , AND RATE OF UTTERANCE . The modulation of the voice is the proper management of its tones , so as to produce grateful melodies to the ear . Upon the modulation of the voice , depends that variety which is so ...
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To study variety of tone in delivery is a most important point . “ “ The opposite fault is monotony . " To variety may also be referred the government of the utterance with respect to rapidity or slowness .
To study variety of tone in delivery is a most important point . “ “ The opposite fault is monotony . " To variety may also be referred the government of the utterance with respect to rapidity or slowness .
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Variety of gesture , resulting from the systematic positions only , 314 to 316 — Fenelon's observations on , 443 - variety of gesture and opposite imperfections , 454 - produced by the use of the left hand , 419 .
Variety of gesture , resulting from the systematic positions only , 314 to 316 — Fenelon's observations on , 443 - variety of gesture and opposite imperfections , 454 - produced by the use of the left hand , 419 .
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Contents
Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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| Title | Chironomia: Or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
| Author | Gilbert Austin |
| Editors | Mary Margaret Robb, Lester Thonssen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0809302292, 9780809302291 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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