Orthophony, Or, the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: a Manual of ...
Orthophony, Or, the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: a Manual of ...
William Russell
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The dialects of Scotland and of New England, furmsh striking examples of the unmeaning preva- lence of the "wave." The popular "Yankee story," and, not unfrequently, the emphasis ot well-educated people, abound in instances of this local intonation. The use of the "wave" should be carefully practised, in the spirit of the closest analysis, on the following examples, and, in its princi- pal forms, applied to " tonic " elements, long syllables, and expres- sive words lUDul phrases. EXAMPLES. I. "...The ''Equal Wave,'' Solemnity and Sublimity. (" Effusive orotund :" " Subdued " force : Full and prolonged " median swell :" " Low pitch :" " Equal wave of the second." The " wave " so slight as barely to be discernible.) 1. — Feom the Morning Hymn. — MUUm, " His * praise, ye winds that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye ptnes, With every plant, in sign of worship wJive I " 2. — From an Evening Hymn.— ff. M. Williams. " While Thee I seek, protecting Power !
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