The Franklin Sixth Reader and Speaker: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with Biographical and Critical Notices of the AuthorsTaintor Brothers, Merrill, & Company, 1874 - 444 pages |
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... souls a sympathy with sounds . " FORCE . COWPER . Or the fourteen vowel sounds in our language , some require for their enunciation more force than others . Thus the sound of a as in ah , and that of o as in oh , are louder than that of ...
... souls a sympathy with sounds . " FORCE . COWPER . Or the fourteen vowel sounds in our language , some require for their enunciation more force than others . Thus the sound of a as in ah , and that of o as in oh , are louder than that of ...
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... soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony . From ...
... soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony . From ...
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... soul above this sphere of earthliness ; Where silence undisturbed might watch alone , So cold , so bright , so still . From the foregoing considerations and examples we evolve FORCE as an element of vocal expression in elocution ; and ...
... soul above this sphere of earthliness ; Where silence undisturbed might watch alone , So cold , so bright , so still . From the foregoing considerations and examples we evolve FORCE as an element of vocal expression in elocution ; and ...
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... soul goes out to others ; as in cheerfulness , mirth , joy , distress , pity , impatience , rage , defiance , terror , surprise . A low pitch is best for those in which the soul proudly or fearfully retires within itself ; as in malice ...
... soul goes out to others ; as in cheerfulness , mirth , joy , distress , pity , impatience , rage , defiance , terror , surprise . A low pitch is best for those in which the soul proudly or fearfully retires within itself ; as in malice ...
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... soul then thrusts out no feelers ; the consciousness of self is prominent ; the attitude of mind is subjective , self - poised , self - sufficient . Intense earnestness , when one is addressing others with a view to persuade , not to ...
... soul then thrusts out no feelers ; the consciousness of self is prominent ; the attitude of mind is subjective , self - poised , self - sufficient . Intense earnestness , when one is addressing others with a view to persuade , not to ...
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