A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private Learners |
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... the comprehensive signification we have given to it , relates to gesture as well as to the voice . Both the voice and the action of the body have a strong sympathy with the emotions ; in so much , that 3 INTRODUCTION . 25.
... the comprehensive signification we have given to it , relates to gesture as well as to the voice . Both the voice and the action of the body have a strong sympathy with the emotions ; in so much , that 3 INTRODUCTION . 25.
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... given of the principles of the orator's art by Quintilian , who says , " As in physic , men , by seeing that some things promote health and others destroy it , formed the art upon those observations ; in like manner by per- ceiving that ...
... given of the principles of the orator's art by Quintilian , who says , " As in physic , men , by seeing that some things promote health and others destroy it , formed the art upon those observations ; in like manner by per- ceiving that ...
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... given to our alphabetic characters . And when these fundamental sounds are once fairly mastered , we shall hereafter see that they can be turned to great account . Of these sounds , as heard in the pronunciation of the English language ...
... given to our alphabetic characters . And when these fundamental sounds are once fairly mastered , we shall hereafter see that they can be turned to great account . Of these sounds , as heard in the pronunciation of the English language ...
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... given to them in the words in which they occur . This must be learned from Dictionaries , and by observing the best usage . But when this is done , the learner has but to employ his already disciplined organs in the execution of what ...
... given to them in the words in which they occur . This must be learned from Dictionaries , and by observing the best usage . But when this is done , the learner has but to employ his already disciplined organs in the execution of what ...
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... TIME OF THE VOICE . TIME means the same with quantity ; and syllables are considered as long or short , according to the time given them in utterance . When , however , time is 48 MANUAL OF ELOCUTION . SECT III Of the Time of the Voice.
... TIME OF THE VOICE . TIME means the same with quantity ; and syllables are considered as long or short , according to the time given them in utterance . When , however , time is 48 MANUAL OF ELOCUTION . SECT III Of the Time of the Voice.
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Page 144 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 130 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 131 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 130 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 110 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 147 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers ; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honors, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 171 - And weltering in his blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Page 129 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Page 150 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Page 192 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.