A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . Who can recount R2 Virtue resides on seq — sdq the mischiefs oer ? Bpdfd earth no more! EXPLANATION OF THE CHARACTERS USED IN THE EXERCISES IN READINGAND DECLAMATION. ( | ) A vertical bar, employed to divide each paragraph into sec-tions of a convenient length for concert reading. [See the Pre-face.] ( i ) A separation mark. It signifies that the words betweenwhich it is placed, should not coalesce. (h) A rest. Where this character is employed there should bea slight suspen


A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . Who can recount R2 Virtue resides on seq — sdq the mischiefs oer ? Bpdfd earth no more! EXPLANATION OF THE CHARACTERS USED IN THE EXERCISES IN READINGAND DECLAMATION. ( | ) A vertical bar, employed to divide each paragraph into sec-tions of a convenient length for concert reading. [See the Pre-face.] ( i ) A separation mark. It signifies that the words betweenwhich it is placed, should not coalesce. (h) A rest. Where this character is employed there should bea slight suspension of the voice. (-) Ahold. The vowels over which this character is placed,should have an unusual prolongation. (o) A pause, called also a suspending pause. When placed overa rest, it signifies that this rest should have two or three times itsusual length. It is called a suspending pause, because it keepsthe mind of the hearer in suspense. [See an example on page 221,seventh line from the bottom.] (,x i\ /x ) Acute and grave accents. They are employed torepresent the rising and falling inflections, and also the


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