A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard University |
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... delivery , I shall offer an argument , which I consider as conclusive . It is found- ed on the opinion and practice of the Greek and Roman orators . Their evidence to the importance of the art of Elocution , and to the care with which ...
... delivery , I shall offer an argument , which I consider as conclusive . It is found- ed on the opinion and practice of the Greek and Roman orators . Their evidence to the importance of the art of Elocution , and to the care with which ...
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... delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on the case of Demosthenes , with his half shaven head , his cave , and his practice on the sea shore , though they are an emphatic record of his opinions on ...
... delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on the case of Demosthenes , with his half shaven head , his cave , and his practice on the sea shore , though they are an emphatic record of his opinions on ...
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... delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of argu- ment , in the learning of their times , in the compass of their subject , in the arts of composition ? I confine the argument , for the moment ...
... delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of argu- ment , in the learning of their times , in the compass of their subject , in the arts of composition ? I confine the argument , for the moment ...
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... delivery : when you are obliged to do that indifferently , which you might have learnt to do well : when , on some interesting occasion , ( and such occa- sions will come , ) you find you cannot fix the attention of your audience of the ...
... delivery : when you are obliged to do that indifferently , which you might have learnt to do well : when , on some interesting occasion , ( and such occa- sions will come , ) you find you cannot fix the attention of your audience of the ...
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... Delivery , 188 Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , 196 Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- lic speaker , 196 Directions to the Exercises , 199 EXERCISES . Ode on the death of Thompson -- COLLINS , 200 ...
... Delivery , 188 Prevalent circumstances in elegant speech , 196 Circumstances to be borne in mind in criticising a pub- lic speaker , 196 Directions to the Exercises , 199 EXERCISES . Ode on the death of Thompson -- COLLINS , 200 ...
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived cern concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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Page 164 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the...
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Page 86 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence.