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... forward movement of the sternum and ribs , thus inducing a horizontal expan- sion of the lungs . Furthermore , a longitudinal expan- sion is made possible by the proper use of the diaphragm . This organ is a broad , dome - shaped muscle ...
... forward movement of the sternum and ribs , thus inducing a horizontal expan- sion of the lungs . Furthermore , a longitudinal expan- sion is made possible by the proper use of the diaphragm . This organ is a broad , dome - shaped muscle ...
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... forward over the abdomen . At the same time the chest should be raised and expanded . The effect of depressing the diaphragm and raising the chest is to increase greatly the capacity of the thoracic j cavity , thus inducing a lung ...
... forward over the abdomen . At the same time the chest should be raised and expanded . The effect of depressing the diaphragm and raising the chest is to increase greatly the capacity of the thoracic j cavity , thus inducing a lung ...
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... forward over the waist to note the muscular action . I. Inhale for about five seconds by gradually flatten- ing the diaphragm and raising the lower ribs , which action gives the sensation of pushing outward around the waistline . Still ...
... forward over the waist to note the muscular action . I. Inhale for about five seconds by gradually flatten- ing the diaphragm and raising the lower ribs , which action gives the sensation of pushing outward around the waistline . Still ...
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... forward ; the tongue is relaxed . Short ă , ( as in hat , cat ) In making this sound , the voice - box is slightly raised ( notice this by placing the finger over the voice - box , and making the Italian a , followed by the short a ) ...
... forward ; the tongue is relaxed . Short ă , ( as in hat , cat ) In making this sound , the voice - box is slightly raised ( notice this by placing the finger over the voice - box , and making the Italian a , followed by the short a ) ...
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... forward , making a small circular opening ; the blade of the tongue is slightly raised . Short oo , ( as in book , look ) This sound is represented also by o ( wolf ) , u ( pull ) . In making this sound , the circle of the lips is ...
... forward , making a small circular opening ; the blade of the tongue is slightly raised . Short oo , ( as in book , look ) This sound is represented also by o ( wolf ) , u ( pull ) . In making this sound , the circle of the lips is ...
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Common terms and phrases
articulation breath current Cæsar called cavities CHAPTER chest Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Children's Crusade clear common consonant cried dead diaphragm DICKENS digraph diphthong drawbridge energetic error EXERCISES expression eyes father fault feel force glottis Godfrey Cass habit hand hard palate hear heart honorable inflection inhalation letter Lilian lips living look Lord lower lung Lycidas mind mouth muscles nasal passages night normal quality organs orotund pause pharynx pitch Pompey position principles produce pronunciation raised range Repeat resonance resonance cavities rising Scrooge SELECTIONS FOR PRACTICAL sentence SHAKESPEARE Silas Marner silent soft palate sometimes sonants soul sound is represented speaker speaking speech stress student syllable teeth are placed tell TENNYSON thee There's thou thought throat tion tone tongue utterance vocal vocal bands vocalized breath voice voice-box vowel vowel sounds Warren Hastings whisper wind words
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Page 254 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware.
Page 51 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music, too, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue...
Page 154 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 187 - Was parmaceti for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 263 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
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Page 204 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Page 255 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new : That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...