Sanders' Young Ladies' Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive Course of Instruction in the Principles of Rhetorical Reading : with a Choice Collection of Exercises in Reading, Both in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of the Higher Female Seminaries, as Also, the Higher Classes in Female Schools Generally |
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SOFT , OR SUBDUED TONES , are those which range from a whisper to a complete vocality , and are used to express ... A MIDDLE TONE , or medium loudness of voice , is employed in reading narrative , descriptive , or didactic sentences .
SOFT , OR SUBDUED TONES , are those which range from a whisper to a complete vocality , and are used to express ... A MIDDLE TONE , or medium loudness of voice , is employed in reading narrative , descriptive , or didactic sentences .
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A Loud TONE , or fullness and stress of voice , is used in expressing violent passions and vehement emotions . EXAMPLES . 1 . And once again , Hear me , ye walls , that echoed to the tread Of either Brutus !
A Loud TONE , or fullness and stress of voice , is used in expressing violent passions and vehement emotions . EXAMPLES . 1 . And once again , Hear me , ye walls , that echoed to the tread Of either Brutus !
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THE OROTUND is a full , deep , round , and pure tone of voice , peculiarly adapted to the expression of sublime and pathetic emotions . ... Harkl on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling , — ' tis the knell Of the departed year !
THE OROTUND is a full , deep , round , and pure tone of voice , peculiarly adapted to the expression of sublime and pathetic emotions . ... Harkl on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling , — ' tis the knell Of the departed year !
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| Title | Sanders' Young Ladies' Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive Course of Instruction in the Principles of Rhetorical Reading : with a Choice Collection of Exercises in Reading, Both in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of the Higher Female Seminaries, as Also, the Higher Classes in Female Schools Generally New series, Charles Walton Sanders |
| Author | Charles Walton Sanders |
| Publisher | Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Company, 1865 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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