Primer of Elocution and ActionE.S. Werner, 1896 - 244 páginas |
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... hear || Of the midnight | ride of Paul Revere . or worse still : Of the mid night ride of Paul Revere . | The first phrase is nonsense . How can one " listen my children " or listen any one else's children for that matter ? Evidently we ...
... hear || Of the midnight | ride of Paul Revere . or worse still : Of the mid night ride of Paul Revere . | The first phrase is nonsense . How can one " listen my children " or listen any one else's children for that matter ? Evidently we ...
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... hear , " because the idea is incomplete ; we are not to listen in order that we may hear merely , but that we may hear of " the midnight ride of Paul Revere , ” or , if we wish to be very careful in our phrasing , phrasing , " of the ...
... hear , " because the idea is incomplete ; we are not to listen in order that we may hear merely , but that we may hear of " the midnight ride of Paul Revere , ” or , if we wish to be very careful in our phrasing , phrasing , " of the ...
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... was full and shining clearly , And crisp with frost the stubble land . He hears a noise - he's all awake- Again ! -on tiptoe down the hill He softly creeps.- Wordsworth . Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old - POSITION . 39.
... was full and shining clearly , And crisp with frost the stubble land . He hears a noise - he's all awake- Again ! -on tiptoe down the hill He softly creeps.- Wordsworth . Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old - POSITION . 39.
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... hear you speak of Mortimer . --Shakespeare . [ Mortimer has already been spoken of in several preceding speeches ( Henry IV . , part 1. ) , otherwise the emphasis would fall on the name . See next rule . ] The clustered spires of ...
... hear you speak of Mortimer . --Shakespeare . [ Mortimer has already been spoken of in several preceding speeches ( Henry IV . , part 1. ) , otherwise the emphasis would fall on the name . See next rule . ] The clustered spires of ...
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... hear uncultivated speakers pronounce clerk , for instance , clûrk , while many give it the old - fashioned , quaint pronunciation of clärk , which prevails in England . E is about mid- way between these extremes . Do not say gyurl nor ...
... hear uncultivated speakers pronounce clerk , for instance , clûrk , while many give it the old - fashioned , quaint pronunciation of clärk , which prevails in England . E is about mid- way between these extremes . Do not say gyurl nor ...
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Termos e frases comuns
2D CIT ab normal action Alexander Ypsilanti art thou attitude audience bearing Bell body bởi breath brow called chest chirp circumflex climax clustered spires consonants Cricket downward emotion emphasis emphatic word EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE EXERCISE expression falling inflection feel feet fingers forearm free foot front gestures give glory hand hath head hear heard heaven indicate instance Jean Ingelow Julius Cæsar keep Kettle larynx LESSON lips look Lord lung exercise lungs MARULLUS meaning melody mind Moss Rose mouth movement muscles natural NEPH never o'er object palm pantomime Paul Revere pause phrase pitch Practise pupils relaxed rise sentence Shakespeare shoulders side slowly sound speak speaker Speaker's Position speech stand star-spangled banner strong syllable teacher thee things thistles thou tion tone tongue vocal voice vowel vowel-sounds weakness weight Wendell Phillips
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Página 162 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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