The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... heard , but also the comfort and con- venience of himself , a moderate power of voice being audible at a much greater distance , provided the articulation is pure and cor- rect , than would be the case with a much stronger organ if con ...
... heard , but also the comfort and con- venience of himself , a moderate power of voice being audible at a much greater distance , provided the articulation is pure and cor- rect , than would be the case with a much stronger organ if con ...
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... heard in the pronunciation of a good reader or speaker ; " and these , which we distinguish as " Rhetorical Pauses , " are necessary to him , to enable him to take breath , relieve the organs of speech , and to enable the attention of ...
... heard in the pronunciation of a good reader or speaker ; " and these , which we distinguish as " Rhetorical Pauses , " are necessary to him , to enable him to take breath , relieve the organs of speech , and to enable the attention of ...
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... heard with greater ease ; but this , indeed , is a fatal mistake . In the first place the voice loses its natural power and pliability , producing a monotony of tone that rapidly wearies the auditory , and , in the next , from the ...
... heard with greater ease ; but this , indeed , is a fatal mistake . In the first place the voice loses its natural power and pliability , producing a monotony of tone that rapidly wearies the auditory , and , in the next , from the ...
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... heard by the remote part of the audience at all ; while it must follow as a matter of course , that if the extreme portion of it be reached by the force , not pitch of the speaker , all within that range , as a natural consequence ...
... heard by the remote part of the audience at all ; while it must follow as a matter of course , that if the extreme portion of it be reached by the force , not pitch of the speaker , all within that range , as a natural consequence ...
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... In the case of addressing a large assembly , if the speaker desires to be heard perfectly from the opening of his oration , he should by no means begin at once , but having settled himself c 2 On Gesture . 19 Magna Charta.
... In the case of addressing a large assembly , if the speaker desires to be heard perfectly from the opening of his oration , he should by no means begin at once , but having settled himself c 2 On Gesture . 19 Magna Charta.
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