An Introductory Treatise on Elocution: with Principles and Illustrations Arranged for Teaching and PracticeBoD – Books on Demand, 2023 M11 10 - 68 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1880. |
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2D CIT abrupt stress accented syllable anapest animated or joyous aspirated quality beautiful bold bright eye cæsural call me early circumflex slides compass dactylic elements of vocal emphasis emphatic ideas emphatic words example eyes falling slide feel feet flow foot give the sense grave heart Heaven higher pitch honor iambic ideas demand impassioned key-note kind LADY less than moderate liberty lights and shades long quantity long slides loud force MARK BAILEY measure metre metric middle pitch natural melody noble Northern laborers o'er phatic pieces positive idea PRINCIPLE FOR RELATIVE PRINCIPLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS privy councillor pure quality quantity and pauses reading relative importance rhythm rising slide scanning Sir Peter smooth stress soft force sound standard force standard pause subdued or pathetic thee thou tone trochaic unaccented syllables unemphatic syllables variety verse VOCAL EXPRESSION voice wailing winds YALE COLLEGE Ye men Zounds