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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... voice is one of the most im- portant requisites in the speaker . For if the voice is kept for a considerable length of time on one continuous key or pitch , he will not only fail to present that variety and force which the subject ...
... voice is one of the most im- portant requisites in the speaker . For if the voice is kept for a considerable length of time on one continuous key or pitch , he will not only fail to present that variety and force which the subject ...
Page 38
... voice of two individuals . This difference is occasioned mainly by the different positions of the vocal organs . The qualities of voice mostly used in reading or speaking , and which should receive the highest degree of culture , are ...
... voice of two individuals . This difference is occasioned mainly by the different positions of the vocal organs . The qualities of voice mostly used in reading or speaking , and which should receive the highest degree of culture , are ...
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... voice , peculiarly adapted to the expression of sublime and pathetic emotions . 1 . EXAMPLES . ' Tis midnight's holy hour - and silence now Is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world . Hark ! on the winds The ...
... voice , peculiarly adapted to the expression of sublime and pathetic emotions . 1 . EXAMPLES . ' Tis midnight's holy hour - and silence now Is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world . Hark ! on the winds The ...
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