The pupils will determine the Quality of voice to be used in reading the following examples, giving also the names of authors: 1. Rejoice, you men of Angiers! ring your bells: King John, your king and England's, doth approach; — 2. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood; 3. Call me their traitor ! — Thou injurious tribune! But the deacon swore, (as deacons do, With an "I dew vum," or an "I tell yeou,") He would build one shay to beat the taown 'N' the keounty 'n' all the kentry raoun; It should be so built that it could'n' break daown— "Fur," said the deacon, "'t's mighty plain That the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T make that uz strong uz the rest.” 5. When the lorn damsel, with a frantic screech And cheeks as hueless as a brandy-peach, Cries, "Help, keind Heaven!" and drops upon her knees, On the green-baize, beneath the canvas trees. 6. "I wad ha'e kent it, Mr. North, on the tower o' Babel, on the day o' the great hubbub. I think Socrates maun ha’e had just sic a voice-ye canna weel ca 't sweet, for it is ower intellectual for that—ye canna ca 't saft, for even in its laigh notes there's a sort o' birr, a sort o' dirl that betokens power-ye canna ca 't hairsh, for angry as ye may be at times, it 's aye in tune frae the fineness o1 your ear for music—ye canna ca 't sherp, for it 's aye sae nat'ral — and fett it cud never be, gin you were even gi'en ower by the doctors. It's maist the only voice I ever heard, that I can say is at ance persuasive and commanding - you micht fear 't, but you inaun love 't; and there's no voice in all his Majesty's dominions, better framed by nature to hold communion with friend or foe." 7. MR. ORATOR PUFF had two tones in his voice, The one squeaking thus, and the other down so; O! oh! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator 's surely enough! But he still talked away, 'spite of coughs and of frowns, So distracting all ears with his ups and his downs, That a wag once, on hearing the orator say, -- "My voice is for war," asked him, "Which of them pray?" O! oh! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator 's surely enough! Reeling homeward one evening, top-heavy with gin, He tripped near a sawpit, and tumbled right in, "Sinking fund," the last words as his noddle came down. O! oh! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator 's surely enough! "O! save!" he exclaimed, in his he-and-she tones, Why, there's two of you there; can't you help one another?" One voice for an orator 's surely enough! 8. Perishing gloomily, Into her rest. - Cross her hands humbly, Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour. 9. Shivering! Hark! he mutters Brokenly now— that was a difficult breath Look! how his temple flutters! Is his heart still? Aha! lift up his head! He shudders-gasps - Jove help him-so-he's dead. 10. Gra.O, upright judge!- Mark, Jew! - a learned judge! Shy.[Tremulously.]-Is that the law? Por.-Thyself shall see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir’st. Gra. - O learned judge! - Mark, Jew! a learned judge. Shy. — I take this offer, then; - pay the bond thrice, And let the Christian go. Bass. Here is the money. Por.- Soft: The Jew shall have all justice; -soft!—no haste; He shall have nothing but the penalty. Gra.O, Jew! an upright judge, a learned judge! 11. The human voice is to be considered as a musical instrument an organ; constructed by the hand of the Great Master of all Harmony. It has its bellows, its pipe, its mouth-piece; and when we know the "stops" "it will discourse most eloquent music." It has its gamut, or scale of ascent and descent; it has its keys, or pitch,— its tones, its semi-tones, its bass, its tenor, its alto, its melody, its cadence. It can speak as gently as the lute, "like the sweet south upon a bed of violets," or as shrilly as the trumpet; it can tune the "silver sweet" note of love, and the iron throat of war;" in fine, it may be modulated by art to any sound of softness or of strength, of gentleness or harshness, of harmony or discord. And the art that wins this music from the strings is ELOCUTION. 12. 1. Adam. Dear master, I can go no farther: Oh, I die for food! Here lie I down and measure out my grave. Farewell, kind master. メ III. FORCE. Force denotes the strength or power of the voice. in 1. Moderate. 1. DEGREES. Used with pure quality. It is like the mezzo and mezzo piano in music. 1. There are three classes of women. First, domestic Drudges, who are wholly taken up in the material details of their housekeeping, husband-keeping, child-keeping. Their housekeeping is a trade, and no more; and, after they have done that, there is no more which they can do. In New England it is a small class, getting less every year. Next, there are domestic Dolls, wholly taken up with the vain show which delights the eye and the ear. They are ornaments of the estate. Similar toys, I suppose, will one day be more cheaply manufactured at Paris and Nurnberg, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, and other toy shops of Europe, out of wax and papier-mache, and sold in Boston at the haberdasher's, by the dozen. These ask nothing beyond their function as dolls, and hate all attempts to elevate womankind. 2. So goes the world; if wealthy, you may call You seek respect, no doubt, and you will find it. 'Tis all in vain; the world will ne'er inquire On such a score;—why should it take the pains? Jane Taylor. 2. Gentle. Very soft-like the piano and pianissimo of music; used in expressing tenderness, love, secrecy, caution, etc.: 1. Hush-a-bye, Lillian, Be thy life, little one, Evermore blest. Once has the changing moon Waned in the skies Since little Lillian Opened her eyes. Once has the crescent moon Shone in the west, On little Lillian Taking her rest. 2. Is there a lone mother Ellen Schenck. |